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Figuring the Word: Essays on Books, Writing and Visual Poetics
by Johanna Drucker  Synopsis Johanna Drucker is among the foremost authorities on the history of alphabets, writing, artists' books, and visual poetry. This book is a compendium of Drucker's thought -- yet rather than anthologize from her numerous published books, Figuring the Word...
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A Poetry Handbook
by Mary Oliver 
Powells.com Staff Pick I bought A Poetry Handbook when I entered my first poetry-writing class as an undergrad. My professor was a notorious curmudgeon who didn't spare anyone's feelings and expected each progressive class in the term "to separate the sheep from the goats." I...
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You Must Revise Your Life (Poets on Poetry)
by William Stafford Publisher Comments Stafford reflects on the writing process and on the influences on his art...
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Unleash the Poem Within: How Reading and Writing Poetry Can Liberate Your Creative Spirit
by Wendy Nyemaster Synopsis Unleash the Poem Within is about friendship, self-reflection and learning something new. It is, quite simply, about how the power of creativity can change your life. This book shows women how to liberate their creative spirit and use it not only as a...
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Letters to a Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke Publisher Comments Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet are arguably the most famous and beloved letters of the twentieth century. Written when the poet was himself still a young man, with most of his greatest work before him, they were addressed to a student who had sent...
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In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet's Portable Workshop
by Steve Kowit
Publisher Comments An illuminating and invaluable guide for beginners wary of modern poetry, as well as for more advanced students who want to sharpen their craft and write poems that expand their technical skills, excite their imaginations, and engage their deepest...
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The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry
by Kim Addonizio Publisher Comments From the nuts and bolts of craft to the sources of inspiration, this book is for anyone who wants to write poetry -- and do it well. In this fortuitous collaboration, two spirited poets, themselves teachers of poetry, offer guidance to aspiring beginners...
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Rules for the Dance : a Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse (98 Edition)
by Mary Oliver Publisher Comments "True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, / As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance," wrote Alexander Pope. "The dance," in the case of Oliver's brief and luminous book, refers to the interwoven pleasures of sound and sense to be found in...
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The Making of a Poem (Norton Anthology)
by Mark Strand Synopsis This anthology illuminates the history, practice, and wonder of our most elusive art, poetry. Intended for all those who love poetry, including teachers, readers, writers, and students. The anthology draws the reader in to the excitement and...
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The Muses Among Us: Eloquent Listening and Other Pleasures of the Writer's Craft
by Kim Stafford Publisher Comments A seasoned writing teacher shows us how to "listen deep, begin clear, brave all, and offer our best beyond ourselves." The Muses Among Us is an inviting, encouraging book for writers at any stage of their development. In a series of first-person...
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The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within
by Stephen Fry Publisher Comments "I have a dark and dreadful secret. I write poetry....I believe poetry is a primal impulse within all of us. I believe we are all capable of it and furthermore that a small, often ignored corner of us positively yearns to try it." — Stephen Fry, The...
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Finding What You Didn't Lose (95 Edition)
by John Fox Synopsis John Fox offers a fresh approach to poetry writing, yet one that doesn't overlook the importance of formal techniques. Readers will be reintroduced to their poetic voice and its unique ability to heal psychological wounds which may have held it captive...
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The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within
by Stephen Fry Publisher Comments Comedian and actor Stephen Fryas witty and practical guide, now in paperback, gives the aspiring poet or student the tools and confidence to write and understand poetry. Stephen Fry believes that if one can speak and read English, one can write poetry...
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Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetry
by Kenneth Koch
Publisher Comments In Making Your Own Days, celebrated poet Kenneth Koch writes about poetry as no one has written about it before -- and as if no one had written about it before. Full of fresh and exciting insights and experiences, this book makes the somewhat mysterious...
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Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making
by John Fox Synopsis Powerful and exciting, "Poetic Medicines" illustrates the unique role that poem-making can have in addressing the situations that lead us to renewal in our lives....
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How to Make a Living as a Poet
by Gary Mex Glazner Publisher Comments In How to Make a Living as a Poet, leading slam poet Gary Mex Glazner shows how to turn poetic passion into a paying profession, revealing how he and other writers have become "full-time poets," actually listing their life's passion on their tax forms...
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The Art of Attention: A Poet's Eye (Art Of...)
by Donald Revell Publisher Comments The Art Of series is a new series of brief books by contemporary writers on important craft issues. Each book investigates an element of the craft of fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry by discussing works by authors past and present. The books in...
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Poetry for Dummies (For Dummies)
by John Timpane Publisher Comments Sometimes it seems like there are as many definitions of poetry as there are poems. Coleridge defined poetry as the best words in the best order. St. Augustine called it the Devil's wine. For Shelley, poetry was the record of the best and happiest...
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Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetry
by Kenneth Koch Publisher Comments In "Making Your Own Days", celebrated poet Kenneth Koch writes about poetry as no one has written about it before-- and as if no one had written about it before. Full of fresh and exciting insights and experiences, this book makes the somewhat mysterious...
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Prosody Handbook : Guide To Poetic Form (06 Edition)
by Robert Beum Publisher Comments Of practical use to anyone interested in poetry or in general poetic structure, this volume offers countless vivid illustrative examples in its systematic study of meter, tempo, rhyme, and other components of verse. Comprehensive yet concise, it was...
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