This book offers comprehensive coverage of the creative process and the technical aspects of writing poetry. Filled with practical advice and numerous examples, Writing Poems is appropriate for both the beginning and advanced poet. Its anthology of classic and contemporary poems enlivens its readers' understanding of poetry, illustrates poetic principles, and, above all, inspires writing. With clear explanations, a lively presentation, and in-depth discussions, this book demystifies the process of writing poems and provides the guidance needed to help writers improve their craft. For anyone interested in writing poetry
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Powerful Creative Writing Text for Poets:
WRITING POEMS by Michelle Boisseau and Robert Wallace, 6th ed., offers clear advice, appropriate examples, and stimulating suggestions for creating poems. I recommend this text to advanced poetry students who have had at least one semester of creative writing. R. S. Gwynn's Poetry: A Harper Collins Pocket Anthology would complement this text in a junior-level college poetry writing course.
If you want to read a text on writing poetry, this is it:
I took an advanced poetry course from Michelle Boiseeau who taught from this text. She was enlightening, helpful, and inspiring. The book was more so.
I re-read the book after taking the course and found it even more helpful in reflecting on the course.
Michelle Boisseau is one of our most talented and hard-working poets. Her approach is as clearly revealed in this book as any poet could hope to impart.
Don't read this book expecting to come out a poet, but read this book and plan on learning a... more info
Seek an earlier edition:
I have a previous edition of this book which I've really enjoyed, but something seems to have washed out of this current offering. The book is dedicated to Robert Wallace, who died during the compilation of edition #4, and I'm wondering if the book didn't go to press in a daze. This edition seems slicker, perkier, and less succinct than it's siblings. Still useful and nutritious but in that low-salt, high-fiber way that I don't want my poems or books about poems to have. My suggestion is to try an earlier... more info
Do Not Buy This Book If You Want To Be A Poet:
This is the WORST textbook I have ever read, from its simple- and literal- minded deconstructions of great poems soiled by the dim illuminations of them, to its muddled explanations of prosody and poetics. There are far better books out there for the aspiring poet. Try "Writing Poetry" by Barbara Drake; "The Art of Poetry Writing" and "The Poet's Dictionary" by William Packard; "The Book of Forms" by Lewis Turco; "Thirteen Ways Of Looking For A Poem" by Wendy Bishop; and before all these others you must... more info
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