Author : Anna Cosman
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 17,63 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780531022610
Discusses the reading and writing of different forms of poetry. Includes examples of words by Robert Frost and David Young.
Author : Susan Holbrook
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 37,92 MB
Release : 2021-10-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1770488316
How to Read (and Write About) Poetry invites students and others curious about poetry to join the critical conversation about a genre many find a little mystifying, even intimidating. In an accessible, engaging manner, this book introduces the productive questions, reading strategies, literary terms, and secondary research tips that will empower readers to participate in literary analysis. Holbrook explicates a number of poems, initiating readers into critical discourse while highlighting key poetic terms. The explications are followed by selections of related works, so the book thus offers what amounts to a brief anthology, ideal for a poetry unit or introductory class on poetry and poetics. A chapter on meter illuminates the rhythmic dimension of poetry and guides readers through methods of scansion. The second edition is updated throughout and includes a fresh selection of poems and the latest MLA citation guidance.
Author : N.H. Kleinbaum
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 41,69 MB
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1401305598
Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how different life is since their new English professor, the flamboyant John Keating, has challenged them to "make your lives extraordinary! Inspired by Keating, the boys resurrect the Dead Poets Society--a secret club where, free from the constraints and expectations of school and parents, they let their passions run wild. As Keating turns the boys on to the great words of Byron, Shelley, and Keats, they discover not only the beauty of language, but the importance of making each moment count. Can the club and the individuality it inspires survive the pressure from authorities determined to destroy their dreams? But the Dead Poets pledges soon realize that their newfound freedom can have tragic consequences. Can the club and the individuality it inspires survive the pressure from authorities determined to destroy their dreams?
Author : Pádraig Ó. Tuama
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 47,97 MB
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 132403548X
“Mesmerizing, magical, deeply moving.” —Elif Shafak Expanding on the popular podcast of the same name from On Being Studios, Poetry Unbound offers immersive reflections on fifty powerful poems. In the tumult of our contemporary moment, poetry has emerged as an inviting, consoling outlet with a unique power to move and connect us, to inspire fury, tears, joy, laughter, and surprise. This generous anthology pairs fifty illuminating poems with poet and podcast host Pádraig Ó Tuama’s appealing, unhurried reflections. With keen insight and warm personal anecdotes, Ó Tuama considers each poem’s artistry and explores how its meaning can reach into our own lives. Focusing mainly on poets writing today, Ó Tuama engages with a diverse array of voices that includes Ada Limón, Ilya Kaminsky, Margaret Atwood, Ocean Vuong, Layli Long Soldier, and Reginald Dwayne Betts. Natasha Trethewey meditates on miscegenation and Mississippi; Raymond Antrobus makes poetry out of the questions shot at him by an immigration officer; Martín Espada mourns his father; Marie Howe remembers and blesses her mother’s body; Aimee Nezhukumatathil offers comfort to her child-self. Through these wide-ranging poems, Ó Tuama guides us on an inspiring journey to reckon with self-acceptance, history, independence, parenthood, identity, joy, and resilience. For anyone who has wanted to try their hand at a conversation with poetry but doesn’t know where to start, Poetry Unbound presents a window through which to celebrate the art of being alive.
Author : Mary Oliver
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 26,42 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780156724005
With passion, wit, and good common sense, the celebrated poet Mary Oliver tells of the basic ways a poem is built-meter and rhyme, form and diction, sound and sense. Drawing on poems from Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and others, Oliver imparts an extraordinary amount of information in a remarkably short space. "Stunning" (Los Angeles Times). Index.
Author : Paul B. Janeczko
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,16 MB
Release : 2001
Category :
ISBN : 9780613357296
An award-winning poet and anthologist provides a versatile guide for young readers and offers concrete advice that will help them express themselves through poetry.
Author : Inua Ellams
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 15,32 MB
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0008324786
From the award-winning poet and playwright behind Barber Shop Chronicles, The Half-God of Rainfall is an epic story and a lyrical exploration of pride, power and female revenge.
Author : Matthew Zapruder
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 29,42 MB
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0062343092
An impassioned call for a return to reading poetry and an incisive argument for poetry’s accessibility to all readers, by critically acclaimed poet Matthew Zapruder In Why Poetry, award-winning poet Matthew Zapruder takes on what it is that poetry—and poetry alone—can do. Zapruder argues that the way we have been taught to read poetry is the very thing that prevents us from enjoying it. In lively, lilting prose, he shows us how that misunderstanding interferes with our direct experience of poetry and creates the sense of confusion or inadequacy that many of us feel when faced with it. Zapruder explores what poems are, and how we can read them, so that we can, as Whitman wrote, “possess the origin of all poems,” without the aid of any teacher or expert. Most important, he asks how reading poetry can help us to lead our lives with greater meaning and purpose. Anchored in poetic analysis and steered through Zapruder’s personal experience of coming to the form, Why Poetry is engaging and conversational, even as it makes a passionate argument for the necessity of poetry in an age when information is constantly being mistaken for knowledge. While he provides a simple reading method for approaching poems and illuminates concepts like associative movement, metaphor, and negative capability, Zapruder explicitly confronts the obstacles that readers face when they encounter poetry to show us that poetry can be read, and enjoyed, by anyone.
Author : Sage Cohen
Publisher : Writer's Digest Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 20,73 MB
Release : 2009-04-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781582975573
Writing Poetry for Everyday Life &break;&break;"Poetry is just the evidence of life," says Leonard Cohen. "If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash." &break;&break;You don't need an advanced degree to reap the rewards of a rich poetic life–writing poetry is within the reach of everyone. Poet Sage Cohen invites you to slow down to the rhythms of your creative process and savor poetry by: &break;&break; Offering explorations of the poetic life and craft &break; Inspiring a feeling of play instead of laborious study&break; Weaving together lessons in content, form, and process to provide a fun and engaging experience&break; Inviting you to add poetry to your creative repertoire &break;&break;Writing the Life Poetic is the inspirational companion you've been looking for to help you build confidence in your poetic voice. It takes poetry from its academic pedestal and puts it back into the hands of the people. &break;&break;Join the conversation with other poets at: www.writingthelifepoetic.typepad.com.
Author : Ralph L Wahlstrom
Publisher : Adams Media
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 23,10 MB
Release : 2005-11-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1593374046
The creative process doesn't have to be torturous-with The Tao of Writing, it can be glorious! Invoking the principles of the Tao allows writers do their best work ever. By tapping into the true flow of their creativity, writers can discover and develop their true talents and abilities. Author Ralph L. Wahlstrom uses the connection between teaching, writing, and the tenets of the Tao to help writers hone their craft from a new perspective, enhancing their work and their creative journey. Organized into three parts, this engaging book is as practical as it is inspiring: The Philosophy-Why the Tao in Writing?: A brief introduction to Taoist thought, drawing from the tao te ching, Chuang tze, the Tao of Pooh, and well-known writers The Twelve Principles of Tao in Writing: Exploring the twelve principles of the Tao in relation to writing Applying the Tao to Writing: More than 100 writing exercises that help set writers in motion and build their momentum to create original, well-realized works With The Tao of Writing as their guide, readers can overcome "writer's rigor mortis," and become better, happier, more productive writers.
