Pine Trees
Let's face it: in this poem, the pines are where it's at, y'all. This where the good poetry seems to take place, as opposed to the stale and formulaic poetry that the speaker seems to have been gui...
Natural World
There's probably a lot to miss about the world when you're dead and gone. Just ask our man Petit, who realizes too late that he was surrounded by a beautiful, rich, and complex world that he basica...
Seeds
These seeds are makin' us thirsty. That's probably because they're the driest seeds on record. We mean to tell ya, these are some dry seeds. All together now: how dry were they? They were drier tha...
The Rose
Okay, here we go with our free mini-lecture, entitled "How to Write a Super-Conventional (and Probably Pretty Lame) Poem in Two Easy Steps." Everyone taking notes out there? Good. Ahem… step 1: m...
Poetic Forms
Poetry comes in all shapes and sizes.. and forms. It comes in lots and lots of forms. Ordinarily, that doesn't have to be a bad thing. We know lots of good poems that follow a pre-set form to the l...