15th April, 2013 - Posted by Christine Perrin - No Comments
She did not share his religious convictions, but it is interesting that as a secular person she was able to embrace his poems and learn how to write poems from him. She who called herself “the loneliest person on earth,” was companioned by Herbert who book went with her everywhere. Read More
Welcome! The Art of Poetry is structured with three basic chunks: elements of poetry, tradition of poetry, application of poetry. In each chapter there is a small anthology, a learning to read closely section, and activities that range from writing exercise suggestions to other related activities that attempt to nail the encounter with the poem to daily life.
The book comes with a Teacher's Edition that helps to answer the questions about each poem.
I wrote Art of Poetry to give students and teachers access to poetry which belongs to all of us as human beings, which operates the way we all think and live, which we need to live well. My goal was to teach the skill of reading closely and to represent the familiarity and strangeness of this process.