Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry
- ISBN: 0393316548
- ISBN-13: 9780393316544
- Pub. date: 09/28/1997
- Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
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From the nuts and bolts of craft to the sources of inspiration, this book is for anyone who wants to write poetry-and do it well.The Poet's Companion presents brief essays on the elements of poetry, technique, and suggested subjects for writing, each followed by distinctive writing exercises. The ups and downs of writing lifeincluding self-doubt and writer's blockare here, along with tips about getting published and writing in the electronic age. On your own, this book can be your "teacher," while groups, in or out of the classroom, can profit from sharing weekly assignments.
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Jane Hirshfield
Thoughtful, generous, and accurate to both deeper truths and the craftwork it takes to hold them…a superb guide for the working poet.Gerald Stern
An intelligent, lucid conversationbetween the authors and between them and us. I have been with them allthere is no better companion!Marie Howe
This feels like the book we've been waiting for: rigorous, generous, in love with the art of poetry, aware of the inner architecture of poemsand maybe it couldn't have been written by anyone but Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux, two passionate poets.