The Practicing Poet

Diane Lockward

Description

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.

Sujets

• Poetry
• American

Informations

• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 03 novembre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781947896086
• Langue: English

Extrait

The Practicing Poet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Also by Diane Lockward
 
The Uneaten Carrots of Atonement
Temptation by Water
What Feeds Us
Eve's Red Dress
 
Greatest Hits: 1997-2010 (Chapbook)
Against Perfection (Chapbook)
 
The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop
The Crafty Poet II: A Portable Workshop
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Practicing Poet
Writing Beyond the Basics
 
 
edited by
 
Diane Lockward
 
 
 
 

Terrapin Books
 
 
Copyright 2018 Diane Lockward,
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ISBN-13: 978-1-9478-9608-6
 
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Introduction
I. Discovering New Material
Craft Tip #1: Word Banks: Smashing Words Together to Create a Spark
—Sandy Longhorn
Poem and Prompt
Pediatrics
—Emari DiGiorgio
Sample Poems
The Divorce
—Kathy Nelson
Not Your Pain
—Judith Montgomery
Craft Tip #2: Know More
—Cynthia Marie Hoffman
Poem and Prompt
Apostrophe to S
—Ted Mathys
Sample Poems
Homage to T
—Patricia L. Goodman
H: A Personal History
—Linda Simone
Craft Tip #3: Writing the Dragon
—Jennifer Militello
Poem and Prompt
Variation on a Theme by Elizabeth Bishop
—John Murillo
Sample Poems
Disillusionment of 6:22 AM
—Martha Silano
Variation on a Theme by Dylan Thomas
—Sheila Kelly
Top Tips: How to Write a Poem in Nine Easy Lessons + One
—David Kirby
Bonus Prompt: The Junk Mail Poem
II. Finding the Best Words
Craft Tip #4: Accruing the Right Words
—Lauren Camp
Poem and Prompt
Boketto
—Susan Rich
Sample Poems
Here We Waited for Windsnap
—Tina Kelley
Etui
—Joan Mazza
Craft Tip #5: Choosing Your Words
—Barbara Hamby
Poem and Prompt
Maraschino
—Juliana Gray
Sample Poems
Capers
—Carol Seitchik
Citrus aurantium
—Dianne Silvestri
Craft Tip #6: Using Etymology
—Natasha Sajé
Poem and Prompt
Because it looked hotter that way
—Camille T. Dungy
Sample Poems
Family
—Roy Beckemeyer
I Fled
—Dianne Silvestri
Top Tips: Fifteen Statements about Poetry
—Lee Upton
Bonus Prompt: The Dictionary Poem
III. Making Music
Craft Tip #7: The Sounds a Poem Can Make
—Marge Piercy
Poem and Prompt
Five to Ten
—William Greenfield
Sample Poems
Divorce Torch
—Jenna Rindo
Gray
—Gaye Gambell-Peterson
Craft Tip #8: The Music in the Ore
—Sidney Wade
Poem and Prompt
April Incantation
—Maggie Dietz
Sample Poems
Solstice: Mississippi Invocation
—Ann Fisher-Wirth
Anniversary
—Penny Harter
Craft Tip #9: Writing a Descriptive List Poem
—Pattiann Rogers
Poem and Prompt
What Some Things Are Worth According to Her Grandfather
—Nancy Chen Long
Sample Poems
My Aunt Betty Says She’s Nothing But Ordinary
—Kim Klugh
Aunt Glenna Lays Down the Law
—Patricia Fargnoli
Top Tips: Ten Things about Poetry
—Patricia Smith
Bonus Prompt: The Chant Poem
IV. Working with Sentences and Line Breaks
Craft Tip #10: The Music of the Sentences
—Molly Peacock
Poem and Prompt
On the Sadness of Wedding Dresses
—James Galvin
Sample Poems
On the Sadness of Sweaters
—Jenna Rindo
Waiting for the Salvation Army
—Jessica de Koninck
Craft Tip #11: Syntax: The Life Force of Poems
—Anne Marie Macari
Poem and Prompt
The Joy-Bringer
—Thomas Lux
Sample Poems
The Queen of Despair
—Lisa Young
The Rhythm-Giver
—Denise Utt
Craft Tip #12: Make It and Break It
—Maggie Smith
Poem and Prompt
Epithalamion for the Long Dead
—Danielle Sellers
Sample Poems
Epithalamion for That Couple, They Looked So Happy
—Jennifer Saunders
Making Butter
—Denise Utt
Top Tips: Ten Tips for Poets: A Prose Poem
—Dorianne Laux
Bonus Prompt: The One Sense Poem
V. Crafting Surprise
Craft Tip #13: Using the Line to Surprise
—Meg Day
Poem and Prompt
Driving the Beast
—Christopher Bakken
Sample Poems
Letter
—Bob Bradshaw
When I Was One and Twenty
—Penelope Scambly Schott
Craft Tip #14: Truth’s Surprise
—Lawrence Raab
Poem and Prompt
Still Life with Long-Range View
—Chelsea Rathburn
Sample Poems
Finding the House on Trimble Street
—Luanne Castle
Return
—Ann Fisher-Wirth
Craft Tip #15: Throwing the Reins upon the Horse’s Neck
—Chris Forhan
Poem and Prompt
Emerson Street
—Joseph Bathanti
Sample Poems
Incident
—Susan Gundlach
Goat Hill
—Libby Bernardin
Top Tips: Eleven Tips for Writing Metaphors
—Ellen Bass
Bonus Prompt: The Monochromatic Poem
VI. Achieving Tone
Craft Tip #16: Tone It Up
—Peter E. Murphy
Poem and Prompt
But It Was an Accident
—Jeannine Hall Gailey
Sample Poems
Humble Pie
—Rebecca Hart Olander
Getaway Car
—Andrea Bates
Craft Tip #17: Key-Change as Poetic Device
—Christopher Salerno
Poem and Prompt
Traveler’s Lament
—Martha Silano
Sample Poems
Missing
—Elizabeth Bodien
Tennis Player’s Lament
—Deborah Gerrish
Craft Tip #18: Asphyxiating the Silence in Your Neck of the Woods: On the Importance of Speech Tones
—Adrian Blevins
Poem and Prompt
Fantastic Voyage
—Richard Cecil
Sample Poems
On Bended Knee
—Anjela Villarreal Ratliff
In Media Res
—Kenneth Ronkowitz
Top Tips: How to Write It Bloody
—Jan Beatty
Bonus Prompt: The Monosyllabic Poem
VII. Dealing with Feelings
Craft Tip #19: Sentimentality, Character, and the Health of Your Poem
—Patrick Donnelly
Poem and Prompt
Abandoned Block Factory, Arkansas
—Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers
Sample Poems
Fifteen-mile School, Wasco County
—Penelope Scambly Schott
Holy Land, USA
—Patricia Fargnoli
Craft Tip #20: When Trees Talk and Boats Swagger
—Betsy Sholl
Poem and Prompt
Downhearted
—Ada Limón
Sample Poems
Tornado in Manzanita
—Emily Ransdell
Bright Blue
—Jenny Hubbard
Craft Tip#21: Divine is Mine: Poetry’s Reckless Declarations
—Diane Seuss
Poem and Prompt
The Day
—Peter Everwine
Sample Poems
A Walk in the Park
—Linda Simone
Dispatch from the Middle Distance
—Megan Gannon
Top Tips: Sixteen Tips, Quips, and Pontifications
—Robert Wrigley
Bonus Prompt: The Mood Poem
VIII. Transforming Your Poems
Craft Tip #22: Point of View: Who’s Talking Now?
—Sharon Bryan
Poem and Prompt
Baby on a Train
—Roger Camp
Sample Poems
Childhood
—Ann Fisher-Wirth
Ablution
—Nancy Susanna Breen
Craft Tip #23: The (Perpetual) Metamorphosis
—Jennifer Givhan
Poem and Prompt
Genealogy
—Betsy Sholl
Sample Poems
Lovers
—Camille Norvaisas
Siblings
—Gail Comorat
Craft Tip #24: First Thought, Worst Thought
—Traci Brimhall
Poem and Prompt
When Sex Was Kissing
—Hunt Hawkins
Sample Poems
Record
—Shayla Hawkins
The Kiss
—Susanna Rich
Top Tips: Ten Shortcuts: A Busy-Body’s Guide to Writing Poetry
—Oliver de la Paz
Bonus Prompt: The Make It New Poem
IX. Rethinking and Revising
Craft Tip #25: Life in the Salt Mines: A Revision Strategy
—Campbell McGrath
Poem and Prompt
Repairs
—Jody Bolz
Sample Poems
Grass
—Jennifer Kosuda
Father’s Day Gardening
—Susanna Rich
Craft Tip #26: Top Down, Bottom Up
—Alan Michael Parker
Poem and Prompt
Pulse
—Maxine Susman
Sample Poems
What We Women Put Ourselves Through
—Karen Paul Holmes
Women Whose Fathers Died in December
—Tina Kelley
Craft Tip #27: The Shallow and the Deep: How to Revise a Group of Poems
—Nicole Cooley
Poem and Prompt
Epicurean
—Vievee Francis
Sample Poems
Treasure
—Shayla Hawkins
Eye to Eye
—Lynn Domina
Top Tips: Bilgere’s Best
—George Bilgere
Bonus Prompt: The Revision Infusion Poem
X. Publishing Your Book
Craft Tip #28: How to Order Your Poetry Manuscript
—April Ossmann
Poem and Prompt
Portrait with Closed Eyes
—Jeanne Marie Beaumont
Sample Poems
Portrait of Her in the Window
—Jennifer Saunders
Swept
—Linda Parsons
Craft Tip #29: The Work of Promoting Your Poetry Book
—Diane Lockward
Poem and Prompt
Primrose Path
—Mark Smith-Soto
Sample Poems
Territorial Rout
—Scott Wiggerman
Wormageddon
—Carla Schwartz
Craft Tip #30: Protocol for Poetry Readings
—Adele Kenny
Poem and Prompt
Three Possibilities
—Alan Michael Parker
Sample Poems
Three Views of Flight
—Lynn Domina
Three Lives
—Penny Harter
Top Tips: Finding Your Book
—Alberto Rios
Bonus Prompt: The Instruction Poem
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