Bouts Râmes

Good Books for Budding Poets

The first bout takes place on April 1, 2004. You can prepare yourself and improve your command of the art of writing poetry by reading one of these books, available at your library, local bookseller, or by clicking on the links.

• The Discovery of Poetry: A Field Guide to Reading and Writing Poems by Frances Mayes (Beginning to Intermediate)
• A Poet's Guide to Poetry (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing)by Mary Kinzie (Advanced)
• Poemcrazy : Freeing Your Life with Words by Susan Wooldridge (Beginning)
• Poetry Handbook: A Dictionary of Terms by Babbette Deutsch (Intermediate)
• A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver (Beginning to Intermediate)
• Rules for the Dance : A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse by Mary Oliver (Intermediate)

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