our poetry month celebration continues today with a prose poem by the great Walker Smart.

today we celebrate national poetry month with this beautiful poem, White Linen, by Kim Nall, local songwriter, poet, spiderweb collaborator, and badass.

Christopher Stephen Soden, a Dallas-based poet and playwright, shares with us today his poem Permission.

recommended reading: Alternative Prayer, a powerful poem by spiderweb friend & poet extraordinaire, Bess Whitby.

to start this week off on the right foot, we're sharing a dreamy poem by Machele Johnson, titled For the Birds.

in continuing with our celebration of national poetry month, today we're featuring local poet & friend of the spiderweb, Rachel Renea and her piece entitled On My Mouth

today we are thrilled to feature this stunning, urgent work shared with us by poet Sophia Terezawa, entitled Why Resurrect It All Now: A Golden Shovel after Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictée.

today we are thrilled to feature another fantastic, prolific local poet, Caitlin Cowan, and her poem MARCH MADNESS AS MAMURALIA.

meet poet & artist Paula Jane Mendoza, lighting the way through national poetry month with her poem, This Is Why I Can't Have Nice Things, writing prompt, and a thoughtful message for us today.

today, on this 12th day of national poetry month, we are fortunate to feature our friend, local farmer, & poet, Marie DeNoon with a prompt and her poem entitled, Little Girl

it's national poetry month! do yourself a favor and read these glittering gems from Ryan Creery, long-time spiderweb contributor and all-around incredible writer.

in which Kendra Green whisks us away on the whimsical drama of dusty archives and their fascinating specimens with her poem, Every Glass Flower in the Harvard Museum.

please enjoy today's poem, entitled, Tree in the Path of Time, by Tony Guevara! 

today we have a gorgeous poem, entitled AT NIGHT, I WANT TO BE SOMETHING OTHER THAN LONELINESS, and matching writing prompt by our dear friend and regular contributor, Sebastián Hasani Páramo.

join us in celebrating national poetry month today with our talented friend Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam: award-winning writer, fellow cat-person, and host of Fort Worth's annual Art & Words Show!

on this sixth day of national poetry month we are delighted to share some beautiful words by our friend Leslie Marie Aguilar! 

spiderweb salon's celebration of national poetry month continues with a lovely prose poem and prompt by our dear friend and regular contributor, Leah Tieger.

more poems! more poems! today we are excited to feature a new piece by Sean Enfield, titled Photograph

in continuing our poetry month extravaganza, today (day 3!) we are featuring two new poems by dallas-based poet Joe Milazzo, #4 and #11 from homeopathy for the singularity, PLUS a delightfully self-aware writing prompt!

read This is not my first grey hair, a gorgeous ode to love, time, and self by Logen Cure from her chapbook Still (2015, Finishing Line Press), PLUS a hilariously challenging writing prompt for your next literary shenanigans...