Diane Lockward

The Practicing Poet

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Organized into ten sections with each devoted to a poetic concept, The Practicing Poet begins with «Discovering New Material," «Finding the Best Words," “Making Music,” «Working with Sentences and Line Breaks,” “Crafting Surprise,” and "Achieving Tone.” The concepts become progressively more sophisticated, moving on to “Dealing with Feelings,” “Transforming Your Poems,” and "Rethinking and Revising.” The final section, “Publishing Your Book,” covers manuscript organization, book promotion, and presentation of a good public reading.
The book includes thirty brief craft essays, each followed by a model poem and analysis of the poem's craft, then a prompt based on the poem. Ten recyclable bonus prompts are also included. Ten Top Tips lists are each loaded with poetry wisdom from an accomplished poet.
The Practicing Poet pushes poets beyond the basics and encourages the continued reading, learning, and writing of poetry. It is suitable as a textbook in the classroom, a guidebook in a workshop, or an at-home tutorial for the practicing poet working independently.
The craft essays, poems, and top tips lists include the work of 113 contemporary poets.
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267 printed pages
Original publication
2018
Publication year
2018
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  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    And most of our curses are Anglo-Saxon.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    Most Anglo-Saxon words have disappeared. Today we use only about 500 Anglo-Saxon words.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    nobility, who spoke French,
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