Title: The poetry home repair manual : practical advice for beginning poets /
Authors: Kooser, Ted; Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library).
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Poetry Authorship
Abstract: Contains advice from United States poet laureate Ted Kooser on the art of writing poetry with insights and tools to help writing, revising, and practicing.
Contents: Poet's job description -- Writing for others -- First impressions -- Don't worry about the rules -- Rhyming, ham cubes, prose poems -- Writing about feelings -- Can you read your poem through your poem? -- Writing from memory -- Working with detail -- Controlling effects through careful choices -- Fine-tuning metaphors and similes -- Relax and wait.