How to Write a Poem by Tania Runyan
Is it possible to teach someone how to write a poem? Or does poetry simply come from the heart or from a special talent only some can ever hope to have? Of course there's no formula for writing an amazing poem. If poems came with instructions like IKEA(R) coffee tables, we'd all be missing the point. But this book will give you some strategies-some tools, if you will-to assemble your personal, imaginative raw materials into poems that will surprise and intrigue. These strategies are focused primarily on free verse, yet many of the concepts can also be applied to form poetry, at both the inception and revision stages. How to Write a Poem uses images like the buzz, the switch, the wave-from the Billy Collins poem Introduction to Poetry-to guide writers into new ways of writing poems. Excellent teaching tool. Anthology and prompts included.Tania Runyan's poetry books Second Sky, A Thousand Vessels, Simple Weight, and Sweet Air won the Conference on Religion and Literature's Book of the Year award in 2007. In 2014, she published How to Read a Poem, an educational handbook based on Billy Collins' Introduction to Poetry. How to Compose a Poem, a companion volume, is now available. Tania tutors high school kids, plays fiddle and mandolin, and gets lost in her Midwest garden when she isn't writing.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781943120123 |
| ISBN 10 | 1943120129 |
| Title | How to Write a Poem |
| Author | Tania Runyan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | T. S. Poetry Press |
| Year published | 2015-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 150 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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