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Finger exercises for poets

Finger exercises for poets

Laux, Dorianne, author.
Book 2024

An illuminating book of concise craft essays and exercises for poets, from Pulitzer Prize finalist and The Poet's Companion coauthor Dorianne Laux. From "a poet of immense insight and masterful craft" (Kwame Dawes), Finger Exercises for Poets is an engaging and inspiriting invitation to practice poetry alongside one of its masters. With wide-ranging examples from classic and contemporary poets, Dorianne Laux demystifies the magic of language that...

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Explore Topics & Themes:
Poetics
Poetry Authorship
ISBN:
9781324050667
Description:
xiv, 191 pages ; 21 cm
Contents:
Look at a Thing
Writing from a Lived Life
The Personal Universe
The Syllable and the Line
The Leap
The Word
Playing with Language
On Blindness
On Becoming a Poet
Blazon and Contreblazon
The Controlling Image
The Brilliance of the Simple Line
The Political Poem
The Discrete Line
Death and the Passage of Time
Why Poetry?
Individual Poet Prompts
Quick Prompts
Control Number:
3343388
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