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Writing poetry : where poems come from and how to write them

1997

Format:	Book
Author:	Kirby, David, 1944-, author.
Title:	Writing poetry : where poems come from and how to write them / David Kirby.
Edition:	New enlarged edition.
Publisher, Date:	Boston : The Writer, Inc., [1997] ©1997
Description:	xvii, 106 pages ; 23 cm
Summary:	In this new revised and expanded edition of Writing Poetry, David Kirby helps writers shatter their inhibitions about creating poetry and shows how to discover what he calls "the poet within." -- From back cover.
Subjects:	Poetics. Poetry -- Authorship.
Notes:	Includes index.
Contents:	Foreword -- Introduction: The poetry scene today -- Part One: What is Poetry? -- What a poem is not -- A poem is a journey -- First drafts -- Getting it right -- Part Two: How to write a poem -- A few basic rules -- Poem-type one: lists -- Poem-type: marriages -- Poem-type three: reversals -- Poem-type four: speeches, letters, prayers -- Poem-type five: Stories -- Poem-type six: forms -- A final word -- Part Three: The poet's toolbox -- Getting unstuck -- Getting published -- the poet's bookshelf.
LCCN:	96046643
ISBN:	0871161818 9780871161819
Other Number:	35723682
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Books for writers often stress commercial success, leaving those seeking creative growth to workshops, courses, or simply reading on their own. These two books eschew the money talk and focus on literary expression. Poet Kirby's slim, cheerful volume surveys poetic traditions, examining six poem types with supporting examples and some stimulating exercises. The author includes several of his own poems, fair game for close scrutiny. Writer/teacher Shelnutt's collection might be two separate books unified mainly in the form of presentation. The part on fiction offers theory, guidance, and fiction selections, with the authors' comments on how their works took shape; that on poetry includes drafts and finished poems along with accounts by the poets of their creative struggles. A certain groping unevenness, of course, arises from bringing together so many voices in the effort to stimulate beginners. The contributors have mostly academic or little-magazine writing credentials. Reading suggestions and glossaries round out both volumes; nice work but not essential.-- William A. Donovan, Chicago P.L. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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#Rev. ed. with a new final chapter.#Includes index.

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