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WEEKEND GET-AWAY Enjoy a Peaceful Setting Want to enjoy a peaceful weekend away from the hustle and bustle of the City? Come spend a weekend in out-of-the-way Lewis County, Tennessee. Relax with your morning cup of coffee on the balcony of your room, which includes a queen-sized bed, kitchenette, sitting area and window seat overlooking a trickling waterfall. Breakfast and Supper are included with your stay. Since PoetSpeak is a non-profit organization, a suggested donation of $150 for a two night stay would be appropriate. Hiking trails along a babbling creek, up into glorious woods provide a bit of exercise along with solitude for the poet in you. Let’s Get Together E-Mail: editor@poetspeak.com Tel: 931-379-5831 First Name Last Name Email Message Thanks for submitting! Send

PoetSpeak looks for brief poems that are useful, accessible and enjoyable to just about everybody; such poems are often sisters to song lyrics. When an area grows a 'flock' of writers local organizers may arrange for a shared spoken poetry performance. Who is it For? What is Performance Poetry? Where We Perform Why Performance Poetry? Inquire Now

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From sharing your poetry to reviewing books to keeping up to date on events, check out our poetry forum. Do you have a piece of poetry for us to review? To see this working, head to your live site. Categories All Posts My Posts Login / Sign up Forums From sharing your poetry to reviewing books to keeping up to date on events, check out our forums. Create New Post Post A Poem Follow Posts 9 Post a Poem with the PoetSpeak™ community and receive valuable feedback from poets from all walks of life. Events: Current & Future Posts 1 Stay up to date on upcoming events. Poetry Musings Posts 1 Let's talk about everything poetry. Patrons Posts 1 PoetSpeak welcomes one-time & recurring donations from individuals, institutions and foundations to support our mission. Post Lyrics for Songs Posts 1 For song writers, professional or not, PoetSpeak™ invites YOU to enjoy all the poetry presented here. Book Reviews Posts 4 Share your thoughts about books you have read. Coming Soon Posts 1 Check here for all new features we will be adding. New Posts lizv349 Oct 01, 2025 Shattered Post A Poem It’s a passionate surrender The face has no name It fell by the wayside But a story, just the same Hiding behind a handsome mask Dreams that were shattered As the hands hit the glass It’s a passionate surrender That face with no name Reaches back to the sadness From whence it came Elizabeth Van Dyke Lizv349@att.net Like 2 Kurt Aug 11, 2025 The magnetic field Post A Poem She travelled Over two thousand miles Away From us . . . It’s too simple-minded To say, I missed my wife More than words can tell . . . The Earth has an invisible field Around her whole body, Sailors and pilots trust This force of nature To find their way home . . . Today, Knowing she sits Inside a giant plane, My heart knows, My love is closer, Because of this incomprehensible Force of love She has . . . Like 0 Kurt Jul 09, 2025 The first one Post A Poem In the midst Of a quiet So simple, but sufficient, Another day unfolds . . . Flowers have been gently Watered, And their fragile colors blend, Somehow – As a soft echo With the baby clouds In the morning Tennessee sky . . . I sip patiently My morning tea, And wait For the birds to arrive – Joyfully congregating Above, and Below Our trusted, little feeder pagoda . . . And there he is: The First One, A magnificent red-spangled cardinal . . . A perfect compliment To the pale white and pink colors Of the wee flowers My wife has planted In the hanging baskets Arrayed mere feet away . . . Mr. K. Like 1 Forum - Frameless

PoetSpeak is a non-profit adventure that wants the world to have exposure to useful, accessible and enjoyable poetry. Our goal is to share simple poems written by everyday people from all walks of life and from all age groups.

PoetSpeak is a non-profit adventure that wants the world to have exposure to useful, accessible and enjoyable poetry. Our goal is to share simple poems written by everyday people from all walks of life and from all age groups. Support PoetSpeak™: Useful, Accessible & Enjoyable Poetry for All Help us keep the joy of poetry alive and accessible for everyone! PoetSpeak™ is dedicated to making poetry useful, enjoyable, and easy to discover. Your donation enables us to maintain and grow our platform, ensuring that poets can share their work and readers can find inspiration. From our annual anthology to our online resources, we're committed to fostering a love for poetry in all its forms. Your support makes a real difference in bringing the beauty and power of poetry to a wider audience. Make a donation today. Donate & Support PoetSpeak ™ Donation Form First Name Email Last Name Phone Number Address How did you hear about us? Tell us a bit about yourself and reason for your support: Enter the amount you wish to donate: $ Proceed to Checkout Thanks for your support!

These PoetSpeak Salon events are always intimate, non-threatening opportunities where poets and writers share pot-luck food, sit in a small circle and take turns. coming soon PoetSpeak™ Salon Events PoetSpeak™ has a history of sponsoring local, small group sharing read-aloud of original poetry; poets and song writers will, typically, meet at a local host’s private home. These PoetSpeak™ Salon events are always intimate, non-threatening opportunities where poets and writers share pot-luck food, sit in a small circle and take turns sharing their original poems. The host acts as the moderator to ensure that comments are positive and uplifting. When the subscription base of poets and song writers show there is an interest PoetSpeak™ editors will set up a PoetSpeak™ Salon, or train an interested party as a moderator. ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us. Subscribe for Announcements

PoetSpeak is a non-profit adventure that wants the world to have exposure to useful, accessible and enjoyable poetry. Our goal is to share simple poems written by everyday people from all walks of life and from all age groups. Star Book Coming Soon

PoetSpeak is a family safe place with poems that are "Useful, Accessible and Enjoyable" for readers of any age and background. PoetSpeak aims to honor poems written that celebrate life. Chapbooks & Anthologies Anthology 2006 Spring Anthology 2005 Fall Anthology 2004 Spring

Poetry does not have to be just for a specific age group. At PoetSpeak, we make poems and poetry accesible to everyone of all age groups. Let your passion shine. IRS Docs We BELIEVE that Together we can Build a Publishing Adventure that will bring YOUR Poems in front of a lot of people! We BELIEVE that thousands of regular people have a few inspiring poems that have popped up during their Life's Journey, and that these poems need to be SHARED with a large readership EACH YEAR. We BELIEVE that thousands of people from all walks of life, from all over the world, dreaming together, and posting their poems for all of us to read and review on this website, we will have enough poems to publish an awesome POETSPEAK ANTHOLOGY on AMAZON.COM EACH YEAR. So be sure you read and grant your favorites a few stars along with your heart-felt comment. Each of YOUR Poems is a DREAM that deserves to be READ, SHARED, and USED in the lives of all of us! Truly, YOUR POEMS MATTER. Are YOU up for the challenge? Be Brave and Post Your Poem TODAY. We are a Non-Profit IRS approved Teacher Driven Vision Inspired Outreach. Enjoyable Poems Enjoy More Poetry Our Story A deep-sea diver turned elementary school teacher had a vision about Useful, Accessible, Enjoyable poetry. Along the way, he fell in love with an Office Manager/Controller who started writing poetry as a child to make her mark on the hearts of friends and family. PoetSpeak™ began with a weekly column in an Alaska newspaper. It moved from there to performances in the Koinea Hall at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. It is the passion of a husband and wife team who met because of their poetry, mutual friends who knew they each wrote poetry insisted that they meet. Twenty plus years later, they are still sharing their love for poetry and each other in a peaceful acreage in Middle Tennessee. Support Our Poetry Movement Poetry Forum Every month we select poems that our readers have shared with us in our forum. Editors will contact individual poets with an invitation to collaborate on poem lay-out, editing and readability. Select poems will be re-posted on the searchable Main PoetSpeak™ Section in a format that will allow PoetSpeak™ readers to print and share poems in an attractive 1-page framed format. Join Our Forum We believe that every person has a poem in their soul, and that every person needs their heart filled with positive energy encouraged by the thoughts and dreams of others. Poetry by Our Readers Every month we select poems that our readers have shared with us in our forum. Editors will contact individual poets with an invitation to collaborate on poem lay-out, editing and readability. Select poems will be re-posted on the searchable Main PoetSpeak™ Section in a format that will allow PoetSpeak™ readers to print and share poems in an attractive 1-page framed format. Become a Member The co-editors of PoetSpeak™ believe that the written and spoken word convey what is happening in the world in a passionate and compelling way. Countless people of all ages, from all cultures, and in all languages, bear witness to the profound, passionate, and powerful connection people sense they have with songs and poems. Certainly, a Beloved will always be moved by a song and a poem. PoetSpeak™ strives to open a window for all of us to express and share a deeply felt emotion and truth. Poems and songs that are "Useful, Accessible & Enjoyable " by writers of any age, gender and background ought to be a part of our global cultural HeartSong register. DONATE!

PoetSpeak is a family safe place with poems that are "Useful, Accessible and Enjoyable" for readers of any age and background. PoetSpeak aims to honor poems written that celebrate life. Please go to "Post Your Poem" section to find Recently Posted Poems. That's where they reside at this time. I've Got To Go Back I've got to get back to the tall timber soon, Back where the big firs saw at the sky. Back where I rise to the cries of a loon, Back... I am I am a person who wants to help you, I wonder how you could be so … Un-wealthy and yet be happy. I hear the cries for food, for water,... That's Why I Pray The beauty of a babbling stream cool to the senses, calming to the eyes Talk about Eye Candy! That’s why I pray. A playful moment turned...