Selections from the work of twenty-three modern poets, from Emily Dickinson and Gerard Manley Hopkins to Gary Snyder and Leroi Jones, including translations of poems by five European poets.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Like poetry? Learn to love it:
Fun tour through the ins and outs of poetry from Whitman to Koch. A bit reductionist, but a great way to read the greatest hits of a handful of greatest poets and fill up a notebook of your own. Great for the classroom too.
R. Elliott:
Excellent book. Arrived promptly. I would have liked to see a more modern selection of poets - ah well.
Senior Citizen Poetry Study Group:
We used "Sleeping on the Wing" in our Senior Citizen poetry study group. It was clear and understandable to persons who had little or no background in poetry (many thought "if it didn't rhyme it wasn't poetry") We also had persons who had studied poetry before - even an English teacher - who found it instructive. It was a wonderful book for our diverse group. We especially liked the selection of poets, some all of us had heard about before - Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, William Butler Yeats - and... more info
It Works!:
Having taught creative writing at the high-school level for almost ten years, I have been acquainted with a multitude of writing textbooks. SLEEPING ON THE WING is the only one which has worked as a whole. In my new course for 2001 entitled simply POETRY, I have used each and every poem collected and exercise designed here by Koch. They work. They're intelligent, focused, and student friendly. This selection of poetry from the modern canon is both challenging and accessible.
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