FREE: "The Practice of Poetry" Writing Exercises from Poets Who Teach Edited By Robin Behn&Chase Twichell

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Actual book in photo. Softback. Description from back of book:

First handbook for poets to combine poetry-writing exercises with illuminating personal essays by each contributor. The editors, Robin Behn & Chase Twichell, who are themselves poets & teachers of creative writing, have collected more than ninety tested & proven exercises intended for poets enrolled in writing programs or working on their own.

Poetry, like any art, is best mastered through practice &, as Behn & twichell point out in their introduction, "A good exercise serves as a scaffold...[and] helps you think about, articulate, & solve specific creative problems." The exercises address a broad range of topics: the struggle for inspiration, transforming memory & experience into writing, the process of revision, experimenting with formal structure, as well as many others. The result is a comprehensive, distinctive collection of exciting exercises that stimulate the imagination & increase technical flexibility & control.

The Practice of Poetry offers poets a chance to sample the best creative-writing techniques being taught in programs around the country & will prove an unlimited resource for any poet writing today.