The Benefits of IGTV and Instagram Live for your Poetry
Do you ever feel like you’re in a rut when it comes to how you promote your work on social media or how you connect and engage with your followers?…
Four Heartfelt Poems for Cancer Season
Ariana Grande, Solange Knowles, Princess Diana . . . these and other Cancer icons showcase all there is to love about the intensely dreamy star sign. These compassionate crabs, born…
Am I Out of Ideas? How to Handle a Creative Dry Spell
You shake your pen and nothing comes out, but it’s not the ink that’s dry—it’s your idea well. If you’re feeling stuck beyond writer’s block, feeling uninspired, or even anxious…
How to Get Your Start in the Slam Poetry Community
After getting its emergence in the 1980s, slam poetry continues to grow in popularity across the globe. From New York City to the middle of the map, most cities boost…
Four Self-Confident Poems for the Solar Plexus Chakra
People often call the solar plexus chakra the “power chakra.” With this in mind, its location at the diaphragm makes perfect sense: This chakra literally invites us to speak up…
3 Ways Meditation Can Improve Your Poetry
Meditation and poetry are best buddies. The more you meditate, the more your poetry can flourish because you have practiced being present, and this practice will attune you to inspiration…
Rooted in Poetry: 4 Poems for Your Root Chakra
At their most fundamental level, the seven chakras represent where energy flows in the body. Controlling elements from love and inner-peace to communication and self-expression, the chakras hold high importance.…
4 Ways To Celebrate Poetry Long After National Poetry Month is Over
Special occasions are fun ways to remind us to celebrate the things we love, and National Poetry Month gave us lots of opportunities to make the most of our passion…
4 Reasons You Should Virtually Attend O, Miami Poetry Festival
Miami is generally considered a city of beaches, clubs, and parties: a city that has inspired catchy and famous songs such as Will Smith’s 90s classic, Miami. And while that…
12 Instagram Poetry Hashtags to Follow
Instagram is a great way to discover new poems, interact with fellow poets, and even market your own work. Instagram’s hashtags are a big part of that formula. Hashtags help…
6 Poetry Communities to Follow for All Things Poetry
We all have our favorite poets to follow on social media. They brighten up our newsfeeds and give us our daily dose of poetry and prose. But another great way…
Poet Kafar Myers Talks Music, Poetry, and Authenticity
“Never let failure discourage you. Use it as fuel to continue on your path and work hard every day.” Kafar Myers is a 20-year-old artist, poet, and musician from…