Resources for Poets - Articles on Writing Poetry

Resources for Poets

Articles on Writing Poetry

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A Cool, Dark Guinness and Something About Adverbs, by Alex Keegan (from Writers Write, focused on fiction but useful for poets)

About Haiku, by Rhonda Byrne (from AbsoluteWrite.com)

Accentual Verse, by Dana Gioia

Craft of Poetry, by Vince Gotera (from Fall 2001 Univ. of Iowa course)

Crafting Publishable Poetry, by Kate Robinson (from AbsoluteWrite.com)

Emily Dickinson: Transcending Pain, by Jordan McCollum (from BellaOnline.com)

Fooling with Words - Lesson Plans (from PBS program with Bill Moyers)

Glossary of Poetic Terms (from University of Toronto)

The Guardian Online Poetry Workshop

Handbook of Terms for Discussing Poetry (from Emory University)

How (and Why) to Take Criticism, by Monique van den Berg (from AbsoluteWrite.com)

How to Write a Pantoum, by Terrie Relf (from AbsoluteWrite.com)

Image in Poetry, by Sean M. Conrey (Purdue University)

Index of Articles on Poetry, by Tina Blue

Kalliope Poetics Online Poetry Workshop: Exercise Library

Making Your Poem Better: How to Edit, by John Oughton

Murphy's Style Sheet for Revising Poetry (from PBS program with Bill Moyers)

Online Poetry Classroom (for educators), by The Academy of American Poets

Pattern and Variation in Poetry, by Sean M. Conrey (Purdue University)

The Pitfalls of Personal Poetry, by RJ McCaffery (from The Alsop Review)

Playing with Verb Tenses: Revision Tip #1, by C. Dale Young

The Poet's Handbook, from The Comstock Review

Poetry (from Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute)

Poetry Lessons, from The Alsop Review

Poetry Workshop Ideas for Teachers, by The League of Canadian Poets

To Punctuate or Not to Punctuate, by Terrie Relf (from AbsoluteWrite.com)

Reading and Writing Poetry (from Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute)

Recent American Poetry: Expanding the Canon (from Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute)

Short Poetic Forms, by Jordan McCollum (from BellaOnline.com)

The Sonnet in the Electronic Classroom (designed by Richard Cappucccino for the Online Poetry Classroom)

Sound and Meter in Poetry, by Sean M. Conrey (Purdue University)

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