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Original Title:	The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach
ISBN:	006273024X (ISBN13: 9780062730244)
Edition Language:	English

The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach

Robin Behn

Paperback | Pages: 320 pages

Rating: 4.04 | 1170 Users | 55 Reviews

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Part of me wants to hate on writing-by-formula, but I like this book a lot and was interested in a lot of the exercises. It's a good read on its own, even if you don't intend to use any of the prompts. After each prompt, the author explains why s/he finds these particular constraints valuable. I liked Agha Shahid Ali's reflections on the ghazal especially.

Also, most of the authors qualify their prompts as ways of making discoveries, not keys to creating perfect poems on the spot. Plus, the last section on revision sort of grounds all the creative hullabaloo of the previous chapters. Lynn Emanuel's essay is especially sobering and good.

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Title	:	The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach
Author	:	Robin Behn
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 320 pages
Published	:	September 23rd 1992 by William Morrow Paperbacks (first published 1992)
Categories	:	Poetry. Language. Writing. Nonfiction. Reference

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Part of me wants to hate on writing-by-formula, but I like this book a lot and was interested in a lot of the exercises. It's a good read on its own, even if you don't intend to use any of the prompts. After each prompt, the author explains why s/he finds these particular constraints valuable. I liked Agha Shahid Ali's reflections on the ghazal especially. Also, most of the authors qualify their prompts as ways of making discoveries, not keys to creating perfect poems on the spot. Plus, the last

Whether I do an exercise from this book by myself or with a writing group, I always end up with something interesting and unexpected. A unique collection offering wide interpretations and great ideas.

As a collection of exercises, this can't be beat. As it comes from College creative writing classes, it often needs some adaptation for younger, less committed students. Still, there is a wealth of info here, enough to last a school year or five.

Good selection of exercises. More aimed at teachers than at writers, but it sparked some productive writing sessions.

Well, never say never! I'm moving this book to my to-read, read-again-later shelves. It's still on my real desktop, but I feel an increasing lack of closure seeing it on my currently-reading shelf every time I open my virtual desktop. I do read it off and on but not all the time! There's no shelf that exactly fits this book's category. Yet it's still a 5-Star winner, but more a reference than a read-start-to-finish book.------------------------------------------------------This is a fantastic

This is a good reference book for poets.

This book has found a permanent place in my life. The exercises in it have inspired about half of the poems I have written since I bought it. Every time I pick it up, it is like attending a poetry seminar held just for me.