Mind's Eye A Very Short Guide to Poetry Writing

Focusing on imagery and sound, this first editionis concise, inexpensive, and handyand it's the only poetry writing textbook designed specifically for a college term. Its author is a Distinguished Teaching Award professor who is also a published poet. Featuring a progressive gradation of writing exercises, the foundational importance of imagery as well as sound in contemporary poetry is emphasized. WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN THIS EDITION Each chapter profiles a student and includes goals and objectives for that student, a feature to which you can relate. Compact and handy, this textbook provides suggestions for extending your interest in poetry beyond the classroom: how to form poetry writing groups; how to arrange and give poetry readings; and how to publish poems. Recognizing that most poetry is written in free verse today, traditional forms are also covered. Includes a variety of many model poems by a diverse group of contemporary poets, including three student poets. Anxiety about writing on difficult topics is reduced by discussions of good poems that control emotion and that go beyond the typical discussion of the elegy and love poem.Clark, Kevin is the author of 'Mind's Eye A Very Short Guide to Poetry Writing', published 2007 under ISBN 9780205498239 and ISBN 020549823X.