The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises from Poets Who Teach

This Guide To Writing Poetry Combines Essays By Practicing Poets And Poetry Teachers With Exercises Covering Inspiration, The Senses, Voice, Structure, And Revision. Ladders To The Dark : The Unconscious As Gold Mine -- Image And Metaphor -- Who's Talking And Why? The Self And Its Subjects. Aspects Of Voice -- Truth In Strangeness : Accidents, Chance, And The Nonrational -- Structure, Shapeliness, And Organizing Principles -- Musical Matters : Sound, Rhythm, And The Line -- On Revision And Writer's Block. Edited By Robin Behn & Chase Twichell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 263-283) And Index.