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).

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 Odeso Found poemso Aubades and Nocturneso Documentary and Protest poemso Ars Poeticao Lyric and Narrative poemso Personas and PortraitsWith 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.

Includes 3 new chapters on fixed forms, Kairos, and the value and ethics of imitation

PREFACESECTION I: An Introduction to PoetryChapter 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 MeaningSECTION II: The Elements of PoetryChapter 5. Rhetorical ConstructionChapter 6. KairosChapter 7. The Elements of PoetrySECTION III: Beyond the ElementsChapter 8: The Poetry WorkshopChapter 9: RevisionChapter 10: Proceed with CautionChapter 11: The Importance and Ethics of ImitationChapter 12: Forms (Fixed and Broken, Traditional and Contemporary)Chapter 13: ProsodySECTION IV: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetic ModesApostropheArs PoeticaAubade & NocturneDocumentaryEkphrasisElegyEnvironmentalFoundListLove PoemLyricMeditationNarrativeOccasionalOdePersonaPortraitProtestAppendix A: 100 Poetry ExperimentsAppendix B: Additional ReadingAcknowledgmentsIndex