A guide to reading, writing and appreciating poetry - the fun and easy way. Advice is given on how to polish and submit work to journals and literary publications, and a list of the best publications for first-time poets is included.
A guide to reading, writing and appreciating poetry - the fun and easy way. Advice is given on how to polish and submit work to journals and literary publications, and a list of the best publications for first-time poets is included.
The Poetry Center in San Francisco sponsors readings and awards and houses a renowned poetry archive. John Timpane, Ph.D., is the author of It Could Be Verse: Anybody's Guide to Poetry. Maureen Watts is a writer and longtime poetry activist who serves on the board of the National Poetry Association
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Introduction.
About This Book.
How This Book Is Organized.
Part I: Reading and Understanding Poetry.
Part II: In the Beginning Was a Poem.
Part III: Writing Poetry: A Guide for Aspiring Poets.
Part IV: The Part of Tens.
Part V: Appendixes.
Icons Used in This Book.
Where to Go from Here.
Part I: Reading and Understanding Poetry.
Chapter 1: Poetry 101.
Chapter 2: Subject, Tone, and Narrative.
Chapter 3: Tuning In to Language.
Chapter 4: The Art of Interpretation.
Chapter 5: Connecting with Poems from the Past.
Part II: In the Beginning Was a Poem.
Chapter 6: An Intelligent Hustle through Poetic History: From theEarliest Poetry to the 1700s.
Chapter 7: An Intelligent Hustle through Poetic History: The 19thCentury to the Present.
Chapter 8: Calling the Muse.
Chapter 9: Writing Open-Form Poetry.
Chapter 10: Working with Traditional Forms of Verse.
Chapter 11: Putting Pen to Paper: Writing Exercises forPoets.
