Books About Writing Poetry
This is a list of books and articles which I have found useful on the topic of writing poetry.
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- Paterson, Don: Poem: Lyric, Sign, Metre.
- Oliver, Mary: A Poetry Handbook
- Fenton, James: An Introduction To English Poetry
- Hughes, Ted: Poetry In The Making: A Handbook For Writing And Teaching
- Herbert, W. N:. Writing Poetry
- Doty, Mark: The Art Of Description: World Into Word
- Maxwell, Glyn: On Poetry
- Longenbach, James: The Art Of The Poetic Line
- Koch, Kenneth: Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures Of Reading And Writing Poetry
- Aristotle; Heath, Malcolm
- Goldberg, Natalie: Writing Down The Bones: Freeing The Writer Within
- Foundation, Poetry: Islands Apart: A Notebook By Eavan Boland
- Hobsbaum, Philip: Metre, Rhythm, And Verse Form
- Newlyn, Lucy: The Craft Of Poetry: A Primer In Verse
- Yakich, Mark Poetry: A Survivor’s Guide
- Wainwright, Jeffrey: Poetry: The Basics
- Williams, Rhian: The Poetry Toolkit: The Essential Guide To Studying Poetry
- Sansom, Peter: Writing Poems
- Kleon, Austin: The Steal Like An Artist Journal: A Notebook For Creative Kleptomaniacs
- Castiglione, Davide: A Parsing-Proof Whole: Susan Howe’s Experimental Syntax And Its Processing Implications
- Padel, Ruth: 52 Ways Of Looking At A Poem. A Poem For Every Week Of The Year
- Voigt, Ellen Bryant: The Art Of Syntax: Rhythm Of Thought, Rhythm Of Song
- Carson, Anne: Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera
- Baldwin, James: The Fire Next Time
- Strong Words: Modern Poets On Modern Poetry
- Bell, Jo; Commane, Jane: How To Be A Poet
- Cameron, Julia: The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path To Higher Creativity
- Hyams, Barbara: Reading Rilke With Denise Levertov
- Levertov, Denise: On The Function Of The Line (Essay)
- Levertov, Denise: Some Notes On Organic Form (Essay)
- Stress Fractures: Essays On Poetry
- Pound, Ezra: Literary Essays Of Ezra Pound
- Auden, W. H: The Dyer’s Hand
- Lerner, Ben: The Hatred Of Poetry
- Atlantic Drift: An Anthology Of Poetry And Poetics
- Stress Fractures: Essays On Poetry
- Hollander, John; Mcclatchy, J. D.; Wilbur, Richard: Rhyme’s Reason: A Guide To English Verse
- James, Clive: The Fire Of Joy: Roughly 80 Poems To Get By Heart And Say Aloud
- Levertov, Denise New & Selected Essays
- Lowell, Amy; Lawrence, D.H.: Some Imagist Poets: An Anthology
- Hibbett, Ryan: The Hughes/Larkin Phenomenon: Poetic Authenticity In Postwar English Poetry (Article)
- Bond, Bruce: The SRPR Review Essay: The New In The News: Poetry, Authenticity, And The Historical Imagination (Article)
- Strauss, Peter: Poetry As Askesis: The Modernists’ Search For Authenticity
- Bloom, Harold: The Anxiety Of Influence: A Theory Of Poetry
- The Redemption Of Poetry: Modernist Authenticity And Marianne Moore’s Definition Of Poetry – Cardiff University And NHS Wales Libraries (Article)
- Mueller-Zettelmann, Eva: Deconstructing The Self? Late Twentieth-Century British Poetry And The Fiction Of Authenticity (Article)
- Selleri, Andrea: Authorship, Authenticity And The Perceptual/Non-Perceptual Divide (Article)
- Disney, Dan: Authenticity, Aggressivity, Self-Doing: Next Thoughts On What Poets Might Do
- Allison, Raphael: Robert Frost, Live: Authenticity And Performance In The Audio Archive (Article)
- Feldman, Alan: Sincerity And Authenticity (Article)
- Holden, Jonathan: Style, Authenticity And Poetic Truth (Article)
- Hart, Stuart A The Taxonomist
- Chambers Dictionary Of Etymology
- Boland, Eavan: A Question (Article)
- Boland, Eavan: That The Science Of Cartography Is Limited (Article)
- Morley, David: Don Paterson’s ‘The Dark Art Of Poetry’ (Article)
- Oliver, Mary: Rules For The Dance: A Handbook For Writing And Reading Metrical Verse
- The Craft: A Guide To Making Poetry Happen In The 21St Century
- Rilke, Rainer Maria Letters To A Young Poet
Biographies of Poets
Here are some of the biographies of poets I enjoyed reading.
- Wilson, Jean Moorcroft Edward Thomas: From Adlestrop To Arras: A Biography
- Motion, Andrew Philip Larkin: A Writer’s Life
- Swift, Daniel: The Bughouse: The Poetry, Politics, And Madness Of Ezra Pound
- Copus, Julia: This Rare Spirit: A Life Of Charlotte Mew
Tomalin, Claire Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man - Gill, Stephen William Wordsworth: A Life
- Wilson, Jean Moorcroft Edward Thomas: From Adlestrop To Arras: A Biography
- Hollis, Matthew: Now All Roads Lead To France: A Life Of Edward Thomas
- Davenport-Hines, R. P. T: Auden