num_pages: 80
description: This new collection of poetry from veteran author, Julianna Baggott, is written as a manual on writing poetry. On the surface, it appears only to be a collection of poems about poetry. On a deeper level though, it turns craft on its ear to examine the larger, looming world. There are several different types of poems included. Some poems are written as question and answer dialogues. Some poems personify poetry itself as a character and address it as an unruly muse. Others are more pointedly instructive and presented as example poems. Still others are written to famous poets ranging from Theodore Roethke to Dean Young and can be either argumentative or adoring.
language: English
title: Compulsions of Silkworms and Bees: Poems
titlecomplete: Compulsions of Silkworms and Bees: Poems
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 45
series: Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Prize Series
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Florida Book Award
category: Poetry - Bronze
publisher: Pleiades Press