Cecilia Llompart's votes on the list Best Books on Writing Poetry

Listopia > Cecilia Llompart's votes on the list Best Books on Writing Poetry (50 Books)

1	The Art of the Poetic Line by James Longenbach 4.03 avg rating — 689 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Virtues of Poetry by James Longenbach 3.93 avg rating — 96 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Beat Not the Poor Desk by Marie Ponsot 4.14 avg rating — 35 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop by Diane Lockward (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 211 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Collected Writings on Poetry by Paul O'Prey (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Disembodied Poetics: Annals of the Jack Kerouac School by Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics 4.39 avg rating — 44 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Why Poetry by Matthew Zapruder (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 1,362 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Singing School: Learning to Write (and Read) Poetry by Studying with the Masters by Robert Pinsky 3.62 avg rating — 375 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Poet in the World by Denise Levertov 4.46 avg rating — 84 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Afro-Caribbean Poetry and Ritual by Paul A. Griffith really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Object Lessons: The Life of the Woman and the Poet in Our Time by Eavan Boland 4.25 avg rating — 338 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Bird in the Bush: Obvious Essays by Kenneth Rexroth 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Symposium of the Whole: A Range of Discourse Toward an Ethnopoetics by Jerome Rothenberg 4.75 avg rating — 24 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	How to Write by Gertrude Stein 3.96 avg rating — 331 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	A Hundred White Daffodils by Jane Kenyon 4.31 avg rating — 233 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Living Off the Country: Essays on Poetry and Place by John Meade Haines 4.33 avg rating — 30 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Theory of the Lyric by Jonathan D. Culler 4.23 avg rating — 124 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Sur Plusieurs Beaux Sujects: Wallace Stevens’ Commonplace Book by Milton J. Bates 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Modern Poetry: A Personal Essay 1969 by Louis MacNeice 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Understanding Poetry by Cleanth Brooks 4.11 avg rating — 174 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Creative Writing in the Digital Age: Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy by Michael Dean Clark (Editor) 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Life of Poetry by Muriel Rukeyser 4.28 avg rating — 307 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Toward a New Poetry by Diane Wakoski 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within by Kim Addonizio (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 964 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Poet's Work: 29 Poets on the Origins and Practice of Their Art by Reginald Gibbons (Editor) 3.85 avg rating — 52 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Poets On Place by W.T. Pfefferle (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Poetry and the Age by Randall Jarrell 4.26 avg rating — 151 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Open the Door: How to Excite Young People about Poetry by Dorothea Lasky (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.26 avg rating — 42 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	On Poetry by Glyn Maxwell 3.94 avg rating — 433 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures by Mary Ruefle 4.42 avg rating — 3,007 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Writing Life by Annie Dillard 3.98 avg rating — 18,325 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Poetry as Insurgent Art by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 4.10 avg rating — 1,068 ratings Cecilia rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry by Edward Hirsch 3.90 avg rating — 1,189 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose, 1979-1985 by Adrienne Rich 4.26 avg rating — 603 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The White Goddess by Robert Graves 4.02 avg rating — 3,640 ratings Cecilia added it to currently-reading See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination by Wallace Stevens 4.14 avg rating — 787 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: New (Soma)tics by C.A. Conrad (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 425 ratings Cecilia rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Poet's Notebook: Excerpts from the Notebooks of 26 American Poets by Stephen Kuusisto (Editor) 4.24 avg rating — 55 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver 4.23 avg rating — 9,447 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Art in the Light of Conscience: Eight Essays on Poetry by Marina Tsvetaeva 4.20 avg rating — 91 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	What Is Poetry? by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 4.08 avg rating — 95 ratings Cecilia rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	I've Heard the Vultures Singing: Field Notes on Poetry, Illness, and Nature by Lucia Perillo 4.14 avg rating — 91 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Glass, Irony and God by Anne Carson 4.32 avg rating — 5,315 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	On Poets and Others by Octavio Paz 4.26 avg rating — 57 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Other Voice: Essays on Modern Poetry by Octavio Paz 4.16 avg rating — 128 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Poetry as Survival by Gregory Orr 4.33 avg rating — 310 ratings Cecilia added it to start-over-reading See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Art of Recklessness: Poetry as Assertive Force and Contradiction by Dean Young 4.12 avg rating — 661 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Answering Back: Living Poets Reply to the Poetry of the Past by Carol Ann Duffy (Editor) 3.82 avg rating — 281 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms by Mark Strand (Editor) 4.01 avg rating — 2,362 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Ten Windows: How Great Poems Transform the World by Jane Hirshfield (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 400 ratings Cecilia added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars