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What Poem Would You Read to a Zombie?
The Walking Dead's spinoff series, Daryl Dixon, has an answer.
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Caitlin Cowan
The New Trailer for 28 Years Later Is Incredibly Disturbing, and We Have a Poet to Thank for That
The dark history of the 1903 poem that serves as a soundtrack to the first look at Danny Boyle's horror threequel.
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Caitlin Cowan
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What Would Walt Whitman Do?
You might not want another take on the 2024 election result, but it's my duty to write it anyway.
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The Poem That Gave 10 Things I Hate About You Its Title Is Neither of the Things It's Supposed to Be... Or Is It?
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January Embers, Part I: The Poem That Becomes the Shared Language of Horror Flick IT (2017)
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The New Trailer for 28 Years Later Is Incredibly Disturbing, and We Have a Poet to Thank for That
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The Poem That Explains Walter White
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Taylor Swift's "The Lakes" Gets Romantic (Poetry, That Is)
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The Poem Kirsten Dunst Uses as a Tool of Seduction in Snowy Eternal Sunshine
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My Substack Summer, Just in Time for Fall
I took time off from writing PopPoetry this summer, but I still spent some time reading some great Substacks you might enjoy, too!
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Caitlin Cowan
Teaching PopPoetry
Stymied by your fall lesson planning? Dr. Jenny Molberg offers up her full course syllabus based on PopPoetry and discusses why her students love the…
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Jenny Molberg
Happy Fall from PopPoetry!
It's been a bustling, busy summer. Who's ready for a slowdown this fall?
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Caitlin Cowan
Summer Break and Some Poetry & Pop Culture Tidbits to Get You Through
Looking forward to logging off for a bit so I can reemerge refreshed with some great new material before Labor Day.
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Marketing Your Poetry? Fozzie Bear Has Some Tips
The Muppets' favorite poem is an American classic, and a bit of a snooze, if you ask Gonzo. What's a bear, or a poet, to do?
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Caitlin Cowan
Loki and T. S. Eliot Walk into a Bar...
The poets and poetry of the Marvel show's Season 2 finale have a lot to say about the show's plot—and its star's literary habits.
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Caitlin Cowan
Audio from the Archive: Taylor Swift's "The Lakes" Gets Romantic
An exciting new PopPoetry feature you can take with you wherever you go.
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Caitlin Cowan
The Poet as Haunted and Hunted: A Literary Review of Taylor Swift’s “The Albatross”
PopPoetry's coverage of The Tortured Poets Department and all things Taylor Swift continues.
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The Torture & The Poets of Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department
The Chairman of TTPD needs a sabbatical in the worst way.
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Caitlin Cowan
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Pop culture meets poetry: explainers, author interviews, book reviews, & exercises for the creative mind and writers of all kinds. Written weekly by Caitlin Cowan.
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