Poetry

Fully revamped and expanded, this second edition offers a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing poetry. Mapping out 38 foundational elements of poetry including image, line, point of view, metaphor, movement, and music, authors Amorak Huey and W. Todd Kaneko use these elements as starting points for discussion questions and writing prompts. The book guides readers through a range of poetic modes and styles such as: o Elegies and Odes o Found poems o Aubades and Nocturnes o Documentary and Protest poems o Ars Poetica o Lyric and Narrative poems o Personas and Portraits With a focus on contemporary poems, the anthology features a truly diverse and global line-up of poets and poems to illustrate the elements and craft discussed in the book. Featuring all-new chapters on traditional poetic forms, prosody, writing poems that engage the current moment, and the value and ethics of imitation, this is the ultimate companion to studying and practicing the craft of poetry.

Amorak Huey teaches creative writing at Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA. He is author of four books of poetry, including Dad Jokes from Late in the Patriarchy (2021). He is co-founding editor of River River Books; he and W. Todd Kaneko also collaborated on the award-winning chapbook Slash/Slash (2021). W. Todd Kaneko teaches creative writing at Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA. A Kundiman fellow, he is the author of the poetry books This Is How the Bone Sings (2020) and The Dead Wrestler Elegies, Championship Edition (2023) and co-author with Amorak Huey of the chapbook Slash/Slash (2021).

PREFACE SECTION I: An Introduction to Poetry Chapter 1. Why Do We Write Poems? Chapter 2. Who Gets to Be a Poet? Chapter 3. Where Do Poems Come From? Chapter 4. Reading, Writing, and Making Meaning SECTION II: The Elements of Poetry Chapter 5. Rhetorical Construction Chapter 6. Kairos Chapter 7. The Elements of Poetry SECTION III: Beyond the Elements Chapter 8: The Poetry Workshop Chapter 9: Revision Chapter 10: Proceed with Caution Chapter 11: The Importance and Ethics of Imitation Chapter 12: Forms (Fixed and Broken, Traditional and Contemporary) Chapter 13: Prosody SECTION IV: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetic Modes Apostrophe Ars Poetica Aubade & Nocturne Documentary Ekphrasis Elegy Environmental Found List Love Poem Lyric Meditation Narrative Occasional Ode Persona Portrait Protest Appendix A: 100 Poetry Experiments Appendix B: Additional Reading Acknowledgments Index