01-24-2016, 03:00 PM
Ted Kooser's advice on writing poetry
This is not discussion so much as a note (we don't have anywhere else to put these
on PigPen, do we?).
I just overturned a pile (no, wait, some cat did it) of poetry books and found some
wonderful ones by Ted Kooser.
Specifically, for those of us intent on learning to write the damn stuff,
there's this one that's helped me a lot:
"The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets"
I just looked in the U.S. Amazon.com's "Used" section and you can get it for
$9 U.S. including shipping.
If you want to read some of his poetry on the web just google "Ted Kooser poems"
Here's one: A Letter in October
Or you can buy "Delights & Shadows" (maybe his best) in the U.S. Amazon's
"Used" section for $4 U.S. including shipping.
I'm sure these are available in bunches of other places as well.
He's an amazingly practical man; something that poets usually fall short on.
Ray
This is not discussion so much as a note (we don't have anywhere else to put these
on PigPen, do we?).
I just overturned a pile (no, wait, some cat did it) of poetry books and found some
wonderful ones by Ted Kooser.
Specifically, for those of us intent on learning to write the damn stuff,
there's this one that's helped me a lot:
"The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets"
I just looked in the U.S. Amazon.com's "Used" section and you can get it for
$9 U.S. including shipping.
If you want to read some of his poetry on the web just google "Ted Kooser poems"
Here's one: A Letter in October
Or you can buy "Delights & Shadows" (maybe his best) in the U.S. Amazon's
"Used" section for $4 U.S. including shipping.
I'm sure these are available in bunches of other places as well.
He's an amazingly practical man; something that poets usually fall short on.
Ray
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