How to Read (and Write About) Poetry invites students and others curious about poetry to join the critical conversation about a genre many find a little mystify

An impassioned call for a return to reading poetry and an incisive argument for poetry’s accessibility to all readers, by critically acclaimed poet Matthew Za

An award-winning poet and anthologist provides a versatile guide for young readers and offers concrete advice that will help them express themselves through poe

With passion, wit, and good common sense, the celebrated poet Mary Oliver tells of the basic ways a poem is built-meter and rhyme, form and diction, sound and s

A masterful work by a master poet, this brilliant summation of poetry and human nature will speak to all readers who long to place poetry in their lives. How to