How to Write a Poem: A Beginner's Guide

by Sean O'Neill

This is a practical book. By the time you finish reading it, you will have all the tools you need to write convincing, compelling, and beautiful poetry. Whether someone has asked you to come up with a poem for a special occasion, or you have suddenly been struck by an intense emotion and are looking for a way to articulate it, or you want to express love to your sweetheart on Valentine’s day, "How to Write a A Beginner’s Guide" provides all the necessary techniques to enable your poem to be a success.

Genres: Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing

93 pages, Paperback

First published April 2, 2014

Reviews

[Andy Luke]

Practical rudimentary tool for organising thinking in poems. If you've written one before skip the first third: it's bad edited tosh. Go straight to Other Techniques for a concise guide: some great examples; walk-throughs of varying quality; well organised trip through the forms. Bring a pen as poems be wordmathstuff.

[Sharon Shoemaker]

How to Write a Poem: A Beginner's Guide is a basic and thorough introduction to poetry. This would be a great place to start if you want to know more about poetry. There are examples from a few well-known poets, and there are a few activities to get you started writing poetry. This was a good review for me.

[Anthony B.]

Excellent Coverage of the Poetic Process

This book provides the major forms of poetry and gives many examples. Writing exercises are helpful. Sean O´Neill covers older amd recent poetry in all of its many metrical forms. Recommended for those who want to write and/or understand how poetry works.

[Lyn]

I found the advice helpful to improve my writing skill as well as my reading skill of other poets.
I recommend it to other poets or lovers of poetry.

[Ekta Jaiswal]

One of my favorite books on poetry learning!

[Allison]

A good introduction to different types of poetry and how to write it.

[Steven]

This e-book was excellent and provided many valuable tips. I highly recommend this book and will use it in the classes I teach.