Poetry : A Writers' Guide and Anthology (Paperback)

Preface: A Word of Welcome for Teachers and Students Section 1: An Introduction to Poetry 1. Why do we write poems? 2. What is meaning? 3. What does talent have to do with anything? 4. Where do poems come from? 5. What does it mean to be a Poet? Section 2: The Elements of Poetry 6. Rhetorical Construction 7. The Elements Section 3: Practicalities 8. The Poetry Workshop 9. Revision 10. Proceed with Caution Section 4: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetic Modes Appendix: 75 Poetry Experiments Further Reading Index