How to Read (and Write About) Poetry invites students and others curious about poetry to join the critical conversation about a genre many find a little mystify

How to Read (and Write About) Poetry invites students and others curious about poetry to join the critical conversation about a genre many find a little mystify

Discusses the reading and writing of different forms of poetry. Includes examples of words by Robert Frost and David Young.

Sometimes it seems like there are as many definitions of poetry as there are poems. Coleridge defined poetry as “the best words in the best order.” St. Augu

A detailed and very personal guide to reading and writing poetry by one of the country's leading children's poets.Over many years as a working poet, Michael Ros