The Everything Writing Poetry Book,9781593373221

The Everything Writing Poetry Book

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ISBN13: 9781593373221
ISBN10: 1593373228
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-07-01
Publisher(s): Adams Media Corp
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Summary

The Everything Writing Poetry Book features: - Exercises that help readers hone their skills- Guidance on following basic poetic structure- Information on how to start a poetry group- Valuable advice for getting published

Table of Contents

Top Ten Poetic Inspirations x
Introduction xi
Why Write Poetry?
1(14)
Self-Expression
2(3)
Using Feelings
5(2)
Drawing from Memory
7(2)
A Fly on the Wall
9(3)
The Writer's Ego
12(3)
Beginning the Journey
15(14)
Read, Read, Read!
16(2)
Writing Tools
18(3)
Finding Your Place
21(2)
Your Muse
23(1)
How to Beat Writer's Block
24(3)
Knowing When to Quit
27(2)
Important Details
29(14)
The Five Senses
30(3)
Abstract Versus Concrete
33(1)
Using Concrete Nouns and Verbs
34(1)
Active and Passive Voice Verbs
35(1)
Avoiding Modifiers
36(1)
Grammar Tricks
37(6)
The Sound of Poetry
43(10)
Consonants
44(1)
Vowels
45(1)
Rhyme: Part I
46(2)
Rhyme: Part II
48(1)
Alliteration
49(1)
Oral Poetry
50(3)
Poetic Language
53(12)
Definitions
54(2)
Word Choice
56(1)
Word Order
57(2)
When to Use Repetition
59(1)
Figures of Speech
60(1)
Using Contrasts
61(4)
All about Meter
65(14)
Dealing with Stress
66(1)
Rules of Stress
66(3)
Solid Footing
69(3)
Measuring Meter
72(2)
Scansion
74(5)
Poetic Forms
79(18)
Narrative Poetry I: Epic and Ballad
80(3)
Narrative Poetry II: Drama and Monologue
83(3)
Lyric Poetry
86(4)
Open Form
90(2)
Closed Form
92(1)
Songs and Other Melodies
93(4)
Sonnets, Odes, and Ghazals
97(16)
Little Songs
98(2)
Build a Sonnet
100(5)
About Odes
105(3)
Build an Ode
108(1)
The Ghazal
109(2)
Build a Ghazal
111(2)
The Sestina, Pantoum, and Villanelle
113(14)
Poem of the Troubadours
114(2)
The Pantoum
116(1)
Vive la Villanelle
117(3)
Build a Sestina
120(1)
Build a Pantoum
121(2)
Build a Villanelle
123(2)
Other Exercises
125(2)
Writing about Love
127(14)
Inquiring Minds Want to Know
128(2)
Singing Praises
130(1)
Longing
130(2)
Rejection
132(3)
Carpe Diem
135(2)
A Tempting Offer
137(2)
Fulfillment
139(2)
Writing about Family and Friends
141(14)
Word Portraits
142(2)
Here Comes the Bride
144(2)
And Baby Makes Three
146(1)
Dealing with Divorce
147(1)
Holidays
148(2)
Enduring Loss
150(1)
Treasured Relationships
151(4)
Writing about Home
155(10)
Starting Outdoors
156(1)
Stepping Inside
156(2)
Public and Private Places
158(2)
Public and Private Space Within Your Home
160(1)
You Are Where You Live
161(2)
Remembering Your Birthplace
163(2)
Writing about Environment
165(12)
Nature as a Subject
166(1)
Writing about Weather
167(2)
Travel Poetry
169(2)
Bright City Lights
171(2)
The Downside of Cities
173(1)
Imagining the Ideal
174(3)
Writing about Work and Play
177(16)
What You Do
178(2)
Textures of the Workplace
180(1)
Textures of Relationships
181(1)
Chores
182(3)
Tinkering with Tools
185(3)
Pleasures and Pastimes
188(5)
Writing about Culture
193(14)
Popular Culture
194(2)
History
196(2)
Traditions
198(1)
War and Warriors
199(2)
The Subject of Faith
201(2)
Visions and Spirits
203(4)
Writing Humorously
207(14)
Satire and Parody
208(2)
Irony
210(3)
Hyperbole and Understatement
213(3)
Hot Cross Puns
216(1)
Limerick and Clerihew
217(2)
Epigrams
219(2)
Writing for Children
221(16)
Stories in Verse
222(3)
Characters for Kids
225(3)
Poems for the Little Ones
228(1)
Learning Poems
229(2)
Haiku
231(3)
Bouts-Rimes
234(3)
Vision and Revision
237(16)
Clause Patterns I: Nontransitive
238(1)
Clause Patterns II: Transitive
239(2)
Clause Patterns III: Independent and Dependent
241(1)
Punctuation
242(3)
Line by Line
245(2)
What's Your Style?
247(4)
A Revision Example
251(2)
Poetry Groups
253(18)
The Perfect Mix of Members
254(1)
Group Stability
255(2)
Group Unity
257(2)
One Poet's Progress
259(5)
Another Poet's Progress
264(3)
Keep It Interesting
267(4)
Getting Published
271(16)
Literary Magazines
272(2)
Query and Cover Letters
274(4)
Formatting Your Manuscript
278(2)
Don't Pay to Publish!
280(2)
Contests
282(1)
Rejection: Accept It and Move On
283(1)
Acceptance: Enjoy It and Move On
284(3)
Appendix A Additional Resources for Poets 287(5)
Appendix B Glossary of Terms 292(3)
Appendix C Acknowledgments and Bibliography 295(2)
Index 297

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