Poetry at Work Day

POETRY AT WORK JAN UA R Y Join the dozens hundreds thousands MILLIONS S M T W F 15 no, no who bring poetry to work for Poetry at Work Day on January 15, 2013 Thar's poetry in them thar workplaces! If you listen, we're betting on the assembly line in the cycle of meetings in the rhythnm of a sales call in performance reviews in the cafeteria line in corporate speeches around the water cooler you can hear poetry all over your workplace. Yes, there's even poetry in the PowerPoint presentations. Baby needs new shoes. Or, even a poet's got to eat. T.S. Eliot • banker Robert Burns • farmer John Donne • church dean James Dickey ad agency Robert Frost • chicken farmer Most poets have (or had) day jobs. Did you know where these famous Ted Kooser • insurance sales Dana Gioia • General Foods Philip Larkin • librarian Jorge Luis Borges • librarian A.E. Housman • Patent Office William Carlos Williams pediatrician Wallace Stevens • insurance company Geoffrey Chaucer • clerk and diplomat Marianne Moore • public library assistant Edwin Arlington Robinson • customs house poets worked? Sometimes, poets write about work. We don't know if they did it on the clock. I Hear America Singing Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work, The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deck- hand singing on the steamboat deck, The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, The woodcutter's song, the ploughboy's on his way in the morn- ing, or at noon intermission or at sundown, The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing, Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else, The day what belongs to the day-at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs easures his plank or beam, • Robert Frost more Mowing What Work Is • Philip Levine Po' Boy Blues • Langston Hughes Calling Him Back from Layoff • Bob Hicok The Secretary Chant • Marge Piercy The Village Blacksmith • great рoems about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Instruction Manual • John Ashbery work Celebrate Poetry at Work Day in your workplace! You know you want to. You do. write a poem about your workspace invite a poet to read over lunch take a break for poetry instead of a cookie make a poetry wall have paper and pens on hand so your coworkers can add their own read a favorite poem out loud COLLECTED РОЕMS Tweet with the hashtag #PoetryAtWork to tell the world how you celebrate! Celebrate Poetry at Work all year long. Just say it's part of your benefits package. Here's how we do it: Get Every Day Poems IN ♡ in your inbox Happy work mornings practically guaranteed Follow @tspoetry and @EDayPoems on Twitter (and hashtag #PoetryAtWork) for the latest news and articles Subscribe to the Tweetspeak newsletter for weekly Poetry at Work writing prompts Poetry at Work Day is proudly initiated by ts Tweetspeak Poetry and Every Day Poems. To learn more, visit us at www.TweetspeakPoetry.com POETRY AT WORK JAN UA R Y Join the dozens hundreds thousands MILLIONS S M T W F 15 no, no who bring poetry to work for Poetry at Work Day on January 15, 2013 Thar's poetry in them thar workplaces! If you listen, we're betting on the assembly line in the cycle of meetings in the rhythnm of a sales call in performance reviews in the cafeteria line in corporate speeches around the water cooler you can hear poetry all over your workplace. Yes, there's even poetry in the PowerPoint presentations. Baby needs new shoes. Or, even a poet's got to eat. T.S. Eliot • banker Robert Burns • farmer John Donne • church dean James Dickey ad agency Robert Frost • chicken farmer Most poets have (or had) day jobs. Did you know where these famous Ted Kooser • insurance sales Dana Gioia • General Foods Philip Larkin • librarian Jorge Luis Borges • librarian A.E. Housman • Patent Office William Carlos Williams pediatrician Wallace Stevens • insurance company Geoffrey Chaucer • clerk and diplomat Marianne Moore • public library assistant Edwin Arlington Robinson • customs house poets worked? Sometimes, poets write about work. We don't know if they did it on the clock. I Hear America Singing Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work, The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deck- hand singing on the steamboat deck, The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, The woodcutter's song, the ploughboy's on his way in the morn- ing, or at noon intermission or at sundown, The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing, Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else, The day what belongs to the day-at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs easures his plank or beam, • Robert Frost more Mowing What Work Is • Philip Levine Po' Boy Blues • Langston Hughes Calling Him Back from Layoff • Bob Hicok The Secretary Chant • Marge Piercy The Village Blacksmith • great рoems about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Instruction Manual • John Ashbery work Celebrate Poetry at Work Day in your workplace! You know you want to. You do. write a poem about your workspace invite a poet to read over lunch take a break for poetry instead of a cookie make a poetry wall have paper and pens on hand so your coworkers can add their own read a favorite poem out loud COLLECTED РОЕMS Tweet with the hashtag #PoetryAtWork to tell the world how you celebrate! Celebrate Poetry at Work all year long. Just say it's part of your benefits package. Here's how we do it: Get Every Day Poems IN ♡ in your inbox Happy work mornings practically guaranteed Follow @tspoetry and @EDayPoems on Twitter (and hashtag #PoetryAtWork) for the latest news and articles Subscribe to the Tweetspeak newsletter for weekly Poetry at Work writing prompts Poetry at Work Day is proudly initiated by ts Tweetspeak Poetry and Every Day Poems. To learn more, visit us at www.TweetspeakPoetry.com