Resources for Poets
If You Have a Little $$ to Spend
POETRY LECTURES/READINGS ON CASSETTE/CD-ROM:

Poetry Speaks: Great Poets Read Their Work (book and audio CDs), by Elise Paschen & Rebekah Presson Mosby

Poetry to My Ear, by Jocelyn Camp & Howard Nimchinsky

This Craft of Verse (4-CD set), by Jorge Luis Borges

Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers Audio Recordings



MAGAZINES FOR POETS/WRITERS:

Poets & Writers Magazine

Writer

The Writer's Chronicle

Writer's Digest



BOOKS ON WRITING/READING POETRY:

American Poetry Observed, ed. by Joe David Bellamy

The Art and Craft of Poetry, by Michael Bugeja

The Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics, by Lewis Turco

Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Poetry, by Nikki Moustaki

The Discovery of Poetry: A Field Guide to Reading and Writing Poems, by Frances Mayes

How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry, by Edward Hirsch

In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet's Portable Workshop, by Steve Kowit

Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetry, by Kenneth Koch

The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry, by Kim Addonizio & Dorianne Laux

A Poet's Guide to Poetry, by Mary Kinzie

Poetic Meter & Poetic Form, by Paul Fussell

The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets, by Ted Kooser

Poetry Matters: Writing a Poems from the Inside Out, by Ralph Fletcher

The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises from Poets Who Teach, by Robin Behn

Proofs and Theories, by Louise Gluck

Writing Down the Bones, by Natalie Goldberg


ONLINE POETRY CLASSES/WORKSHOPS:

AbsoluteWrite University

Suite University

Writers Online Workshops


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