#Poetry

Starling

starlingmag

Tōku Pāpā, @RubySolly’s debut poetry collection, is in stores now and will be launching at @unitybookswgtn from 6pm TONIGHT! Ruby has been a wonderful part of the Aotearoa poetry scene

Eric Schumacher

emschumacher

As far as we know, Jesus did not hike, garden, or shoot a gun.When he fixed things, he used miraculous powers. Katharina Von Bora was famous for her beer-making.Definitely a

Matteos Մատթեոս

hatsupaneer

Has anyone done a study on the negative impact on the economy due to job seekers spending so much time applying for jobs that could have otherwise been used more

Jay Hulme

JayHulmePoet

There's a poet out there who writes stunningly beautiful poems about gay angels and queer Jesus and occasionally I dig out their work and feel all the feelings and wish

sean cuthbert j twillie

HelaoSouse

How do you definite good art?Or is it too nebulous? Can one look upon art like some mathematical equation? I have seen beauty theories on what we consider beautiful thusly.

Sara Sheridan

sarasheridan

I have issues with #BurnsNight cos Rabbie was such a goat w/ the ladies but still there are interesting women round him... so a THREAD Burns 1st poem, O

Randy Ribay

randyribay

Doing some research into my Bikolano ancestors and struck (once again) by all that colonialism destroyed. A brief thread: (A preface to my thread, the earliest account of the Bicol

Himanish Ganjoo

hganjoo153

1/ Thread on Mirza Asadullah Khan "Ghalib": a blurb on his life and times. Poet, prose writer, Old Dilliwalla. Perhaps the greatest exponent of Urdu poetry ever. It seems like

Royal Society of Literature

RSLiterature

It's half term! For today's #Take5, we have put together a list of creative writing activities for the kids to get involved in this week. Take a look through...5 CREATIVE

Dr. Elizabeth Sacha Baroness Cohen

alixabeth

Many academics (US?) grant automatic respect to poets, painters, musicians, and other artists but think nothing of casually insulting a sport or athletics in general. Has someone made a good

Drunk Monkeys

DrunkMonkeysWeb

Hey, @PoetryFound, Kolleen here. It's been a long time since we spoke...7 months, maybe? Anyway I'm here to chat with you about why it was incredibly damaging to both your

Bazgha Anjum

AnjumBazgha

Mulk-i-zindan ki umeed na the Tark-e –saibaan ka kab socha thaKabhi smjhe he nhi gard allud siyasat hogiBehis or bejaan sahafat hogiKabhi sun na saki main ..Un mazloomon ki ahoon

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

1/25 A central part of my research is guided by poetry and by its incredible importance for historical study. Unfortunately, some historians have abused poetry, ransacking it for historical argument

Disabled & Deaf Uprising

DisDeafUprising

One thing we have been thinking of & we want input. We have been thinking of John Lee Clark's "Tactile Art" and Kathi Wolfe's Love and Kumquats and Constance Merritt's

Whores of Yore

WhoresofYore

This is Mah Laqa Bai (1768-1824), born Chanda Bibi, (also known as Mah Laqa Chanda). She was an Indian Urdu poet, courtesan, warrior and philanthropist. She was the first female

Duncan Reyburn

duncanreyburn

Thinking about an idea I remember reading in Owen Barfield's Poetic Diction, about a kind of connection between a kid's use of language and the way the ancients used lanaguage;

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