Monday, I listed my favorite books for writing fiction and memoir. Today it’s poetry. I hope you will share the books you love on writing, so I can add them to the list. Feel free to come up with new categories too.
Craft of Poetry Creating Poetry, by John Drury Three Genres, by Stephen Minot (it covers poetry, fiction, and drama) The Rhythm Method, Razzmatazz, and Memory: How to Make Your Poetry
Swing, by Keith Flynn Unleash the Poem Within, by Wendy Nyemaster
Editing The Poetry Home Repair Manual, by Ted Kooser
Going with the Flow Writing the Australian Crawl: Views on the Writers Vocation, by William Stafford poemcrazy: freeing your life with words, by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge The Art of Recklessness: Poetry as an Assertive Force and Contradiction, by Dean Young.
Instruction and Practice The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises from Poets Who Teach, edited by Robin Behn & Chase
Twichell Writing the Life Poetic: An Invitation to Read & Write Poetry, by Sage Cohen
Reading Poetry – We need to learn how to read poetry to help us write poetry How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry, by Edward Hirsch The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets, by Bill D. Moyers, James Haba and David Grubin
Monday, I listed my favorite books for writing fiction and memoir. Today it’s poetry. I hope you will share the books you love on writing, so I can add them to the list. Feel free to come up with new categories too.
Sounds like some interesting books.