Poet and professor Jack Myers explores the craft of poetry with an instructional guide on what goes into making a poem. The Portable Poetry Workshop offers a thorough look at the elements of good poetry, and offers practical advice about generating material, assembling metaphors, workshopping poems in a group, and more.
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