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The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics
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Organized into ten sections with each devoted to a poetic concept, The Practicing Poet begins with “Discovering New Material,” “Finding the Best Words,” “Making Music,” “Working with Sentences and Line Breaks,” and  “Crafting Surprise.”   The concepts become progressively more sophisticated, moving on to “Achieving Tone,” “Dealing with Feelings,” “Transforming Your Poems,” and “Rethinking and Revising.” The final section, “Publishing Your Book,” covers manuscript organization, book promotion, and presentation of a good public reading.

The book includes thirty brief craft essays, each followed by a model poem and analysis of the poem’s craft, then a prompt based on the poem. Ten recyclable bonus prompts are also included. Ten Top Tips lists are each loaded with poetry wisdom from an accomplished poet.
 
The Practicing Poet pushes poets beyond the basics and encourages the continued reading, learning, and writing of poetry. It is suitable as a textbook in the classroom, a guidebook in a workshop, or an at-home tutorial for the practicing poet working independently. 

The craft essays, poems, and top tips lists include the work of 113 contemporary poets.  
​Craft Tip and Model Poem Contributors:
Christopher Bakken    Joseph Bathanti    Jeanne Marie Beaumont    Adrian Blevins    Jody Bolz    Traci Brimhall    Sharon Bryan
Lauren Camp    Roger Camp    Richard Cecil    Nicole Cooley    Meg Day    Maggie Dietz    Emari DiGiorgio    Patrick Donnelly
Camille T. Dungy    Peter Everwine    Chris Forhan    Vievee Francis    Jeannine Hall Gailey    James Galvin    Jennifer Givhan
Juliana Gray    William Greenfield    Barbara Hamby    Hunt Hawkins    Cynthia Marie Hoffman    Adele Kenny    Ada Limon
Diane Lockward    Nancy Chen Long    Sandy Longhorn    Thomas Lux    Anne Marie Macari    Ted Mathys    Campbell McGrath
Jennifer Militello    John Murillo    Peter E. Murphy    April Ossmann    Alan Michael Parker    Molly Peacock    Marge Piercy
Lawrence Raab    Chelsea Rathburn    Susan Rich    Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers    Pattiann Rogers    Natasha Sajé    Christopher Salerno  
 Danielle Sellers    Diane Seuss    Betsy Sholl    Martha Silano    Maggie Smith    Mark Smith-Soto    Maxine Susman    Sidney Wade
Top Tips List Contributors:
Ellen Bass     Jan Beatty     George Bilgere     Oliver de la Paz     David Kirby     Dorianne Laux     
​Alberto Rios     Patricia Smith     Lee Upton     Robert Wrigley
Sample Poem Contributors:
Andrea Bates     Roy Beckemeyer     Libby Bernardin     Elizabeth Bodien     Bob Bradshaw     Nancy Susanna Breen     Luanne Castle
Gail Comorat     Jessica de Koninck     Lynn Domina     Patricia Fargnoli     Ann Fisher-Wirth     Gaye Gambell-Peterson     Megan Gannon
Deborah Gerrish     Patricia L. Goodman     Susan Gundlach     Penny Harter     Shayla Hawkins     Karen Paul Holmes     Jenny Hubbard
Tina Kelley     Sheila Kelly     Kim Klugh     Jennifer Kosuda     Joan Mazza     Judith Montgomery     Kathy Nelson     Camille Norvaisas
Rebecca Hart Olander     Linda Parsons     Emily Ransdell     Anjela Villarreal Ratliff     Susanna Rich     Jenna Rindo     Kenneth Ronkowitz
 Jennifer Saunders     Penelope Scambly Schott     Carla Schwartz     Carol Seitchik     Martha Silano     Dianne Silvestri     Linda Simone
Denise Utt     Scott Wiggerman     Lisa Young

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  • About
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  • Forthcoming
    • Rachel Custer
    • Mildred Barya
  • Our Titles
    • Redux Series
    • Poetry Books >
      • NEW--This Strange Garment, by Nicole Callihan
      • NEW—Paradise Is Jagged, by Ann Fisher-Wirth
      • NEW--The Mayapple Forest, by Kim Ports Parsons
      • NEW--Leave Me a Little Want, by Beverly Burch
      • NEW--Notes from the Column of Memory, by Wendy Drexler
      • NEW--The Night Divers, by Melanie McCabe
      • NEW--light waves, by Kirsten Shu-ying Chen
      • NEW--Horse Not Zebra, by Eric Nelson
      • NEW--Design, by Theresa Burns
      • NEW--House Bird, by Robb Fillman
      • Years Beyond the River, by David Axelrod
      • The Poet & The Architect, by Christine Stewart-Nunez
      • Wind Apples, by Jeff Ewing
      • The Feast Delayed, by Diane LeBlanc
      • These Few Seeds, by Meghan Sterling
      • The Curator's Notes, by Robin Rosen Chang
      • A Cartography of Home, by Hayden Saunier
      • Tell Me How You Got Here, by Emily Franklin
      • Self-Portrait with a Million Dollars, by Patricia Clark
      • Ghost Dogs, by Dion O'Reilly
      • A Kinship with Ash, by Heather Swan
      • Kissing the Long Face of the Greyhound, by Yvonne Zipter
      • Somatic, by Ann Keniston
      • The Honey of Earth, by David Graham
      • Sugar Fix, by Kory Wells
      • The Davids Inside David, by Sarah Wetzel
      • The Bones of Winter Birds, by Ann Fisher-Wirth
      • Strange What Rises, by Gary Whitehead
      • Suspension, by Paige Riehl
      • The Northway, by Lisa Bellamy
      • The Infinite Doctrine of Water, by Michael T. Young
      • Aileron, by Geraldine Connolly
      • No Such Thing As Distance, by Karen Paul Holmes
      • Leaves Surface Like Skin, by Michelle Menting
      • How to Wear This Body, by Hayden Saunier
      • Travel Notes from the River Styx, by Susanna Lang
      • Route 66 and Its Sorrows, by Carolyn Miller
      • Bluewords Greening, by Christine Stewart-Nunez
      • The Canopy, by Patricia Clark
      • Cutting Room, by Jessica de Koninck
      • The Persistence of Longing, by Lynne Knight
      • Confessions of a Captured Angel, by Neil Carpathios
    • Craft Books >
      • NEW--The Strategic Poet
      • The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics
      • The Crafty Poet II: A Portable Workshop
      • The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop
    • Anthologies >
      • A Constellation of Kisses
      • The Book of Donuts, edited by Jason Lee Brown and Shanie Latham
      • The Doll Collection
  • Submissions
    • Guidelines
    • FAQs
  • Titles for Review
  • Poetry Salon
  • Store
    • Poetry Books
    • Craft Books
    • Anthologies