Poetry

Fully revamped and expanded, this second edition offers a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing poetry. Mapping out 38 foundational elements of poetry including image, line, point of view, metaphor, movement, and music, authors Amorak Huey and W. Todd Kaneko use these elements as starting points for discussion questions and writing prompts. The book guides readers through a range of poetic modes and styles such as:o Elegies and Odeso Found poemso Aubades and Nocturneso Documentary and Protest poemso Ars Poeticao Lyric and Narrative poemso Personas and PortraitsWith a focus on contemporary poems, the anthology features a truly diverse and global line-up of poets and poems to illustrate the elements and craft discussed in the book. Featuring all-new chapters on traditional poetic forms, prosody, writing poems that engage the current moment, and the value and ethics of imitation, this is the ultimate companion to studying and practicing the craft of poetry.>

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Préface

Now featuring a more globally diverse anthology and additional chapters on different poetic forms and considerations, this fully revised and expanded second edition is the ultimate introduction to writing poetry.

Auteur

Amorak Huey teaches creative writing at Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA. He is author of four books of poetry, including Dad Jokes from Late in the Patriarchy (2021). He is co-founding editor of River River Books; he and W. Todd Kaneko also collaborated on the award-winning chapbook Slash/Slash (2021).

Contenu

PREFACE

SECTION I: An Introduction to Poetry
Chapter 1. Why Do We Write Poems?
Chapter 2. Who Gets to Be a Poet?
Chapter 3. Where Do Poems Come From?
Chapter 4. Reading, Writing, and Making Meaning

SECTION II: The Elements of Poetry
Chapter 5. Rhetorical Construction
Chapter 6. Kairos
Chapter 7. The Elements of Poetry

SECTION III: Beyond the Elements
Chapter 8: The Poetry Workshop
Chapter 9: Revision
Chapter 10: Proceed with Caution
Chapter 11: The Importance and Ethics of Imitation
Chapter 12: Forms (Fixed and Broken, Traditional and Contemporary)
Chapter 13: Prosody

SECTION IV: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetic Modes
Apostrophe
Ars Poetica
Aubade & Nocturne
Documentary
Ekphrasis
Elegy
Environmental
Found
List
Love Poem
Lyric
Meditation
Narrative
Occasional
Ode
Persona
Portrait
Protest
Appendix A: 100 Poetry Experiments
Appendix B: Additional Reading
Acknowledgments
Index