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What’s Eating You?: 5 Poems that Feed Us
LISTICLE The Poetry Lab 10/29/24 LISTICLE The Poetry Lab 10/29/24

What’s Eating You?: 5 Poems that Feed Us

A food poem often explores deep emotions tied to memory and identity, using food as a metaphor for relationships, culture, or self-reflection.

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A Joke Walks into a Poem: Using Humor in Poetry
LISTICLE The Poetry Lab 7/23/24 LISTICLE The Poetry Lab 7/23/24

A Joke Walks into a Poem: Using Humor in Poetry

How do poets like Kevin Young, Ruth L. Schwartz, and Ellie Black blend wit and insight to address serious subjects in a fresh and engaging way?

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More than Human Worlds: 5 Important Ecopoems
LISTICLE The Poetry Lab 5/14/24 LISTICLE The Poetry Lab 5/14/24

More than Human Worlds: 5 Important Ecopoems

An ecopoem can be about endangered and at-risk species, the displacement of fauna and flora in urban communities, pollution, and other issues.

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That’s So Meta: 8 Ars Poetica Poems
LISTICLE The Poetry Lab 1/29/24 LISTICLE The Poetry Lab 1/29/24

That’s So Meta: 8 Ars Poetica Poems

Did you know poets have been writing poems about poetry for more than two thousand years?

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