How to Write a Poem: Based on the Billy Collins Poem

How to Write a Poem: Based on the Billy Collins Poem "Introduction to Poetry": Field Guide Series

Is it possible to teach someone how to write a poem? Or does poetry simply â€œcome from the heartâ€ or from a special talent only some can ever hope to have?

Of course thereâ€™s no formula for writing an amazing poem. If poems came with instructions like IKEAÂ® coffee tables, we'd all be missing the point. But this book will give you some strategiesâ€”some tools, if you willâ€”to assemble your personal, imaginative raw materials into poems that will surprise and intrigue. These strategies are focused primarily on free verse, yet many of the concepts can also be applied to form poetry, at both the inception and revision stages.

How to Write a Poem uses images like the buzz, the switch, the waveâ€”from the Billy Collins poem â€œIntroduction to Poetryâ€â€”to guide writers into new ways of writing poems. Excellent teaching tool. Anthology and prompts included.
Country USA
Manufacturer T. S. Poetry Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-12-05
Format Kindle eBook

How to Write a Poem: Based on the Billy Collins Poem "Introduction to Poetry": Field Guide Series