Poetry
Subtitle
A Writers' Guide and Anthology
"Poetry: A Writers' Guide and Anthology" is a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing poetry. The authors map out more than 25 key elements of poetry including image, lyric, point of view, metaphor, and movement and use these elements as starting points for discussion questions and writing prompts. The book guides the reader through a range of poetic modes including:
- Elegy
- Found poems
- Nocturne
- Ode
- Protest poems
- Ars Poetica
- Lyric
- Narrative
"Poetry" also offers inspiring examples of contemporary poetry covering all the modes and elements discussed by the book, including poems by: Billy Collins, Sherman Alexie, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Natalie Diaz, Traci Brimhall, Terrance Hayes, Richard Blanco, Danez Smith, Natasha Trethewey, Mark Halliday, Eileen Myles, Mary Jo Bang, Tracy K. Smith, Ocean Vuong, and many others.
Bio
W. Todd Kaneko, a 2006 graduate of Arizona State University's MFA program in creative writing, teaches at Grand Valley State University, Michigan. He is the author of "The Dead Wrestler Elegies" (2014).
Praise for this book
With "Poetry: A Writers' Guide and Anthology," it is as if Huey and Kaneko have been looking over my shoulder at my class notes and have built a streamlined textbook specifically to meet my needs. Collected in one volume are chapters of practical advice and explanation about poetic elements (including a periodic table!), along with an amazing, truly up-to-date anthology of example poems. Most appropriate for students new to poetry, this book will serve as a solid review text for more advanced students as well.
Sandy Longhorn Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, Arkansas Writers MFA Program, University of Central Arkansas
'Write a poem for your future self to find,' cajole Huey and Kaneko, the editors of this accessible and generative textbook, the first in a long time to be a great poetry primer, a fine anthology, and a useful encyclopedia. Elements, modes, images, surprise — the concepts and their applications are all here, detailed and methodically presented, the clear writing always a pleasure. 'Poetry: A Writer's Guide and Anthology' should be the go-to book for teachers and students alike, all of whom may well be writing to find their future selves.
Alan Michael Parker Douglas C. Houchens Professor of English, Davidson College
