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The Poetics of Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.18 — 11,262 ratings — published 1957
Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.42 — 3,007 ratings — published 2012
A Poetry Handbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.23 — 9,503 ratings — published 1994
The Art of the Poetic Line (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.03 — 691 ratings — published 2007
The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,069 ratings — published 1978
Poetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as poetics)
avg rating 3.83 — 29,691 ratings — published -335
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.27 — 123,657 ratings — published 1929
The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach – 90+ Inspiring Essays and Effective Exercises for Writers of All Levels (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,263 ratings — published 1992
The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,044 ratings — published 2005
Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.34 — 991 ratings — published 1997
The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,342 ratings — published 1997
Poetic Meter and Poetic Form (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as poetics)
avg rating 3.99 — 743 ratings — published 1965
The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.14 — 787 ratings — published 1951
The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as poetics)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,106 ratings — published 1998
The Life of Poetry (Paris Press)
by (shelved 9 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.28 — 307 ratings — published 1968
The Hatred of Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as poetics)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,604 ratings — published 2016
Bluets (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.04 — 58,032 ratings — published 2009
The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as poetics)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,751 ratings — published 1973
How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as poetics)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,186 ratings — published 1999
The Art of Recklessness: Poetry as Assertive Force and Contradiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.12 — 661 ratings — published 2010
The Art of Syntax: Rhythm of Thought, Rhythm of Song (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as poetics)
avg rating 3.83 — 417 ratings — published 2009
Real Sofistikashun: Essays on Poetry and Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.18 — 550 ratings — published 2006
The Poem's Heartbeat: A Manual of Prosody (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as poetics)
avg rating 3.90 — 246 ratings — published 1997
Proofs & Theories: Essays on Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.12 — 803 ratings — published 1994
ABC of Reading (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as poetics)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,933 ratings — published 1934
The Art of Voice: Poetic Principles and Practice (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.35 — 277 ratings — published 2019
The New Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.14 — 263 ratings — published 1968
Theory of the Lyric (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.23 — 124 ratings — published 2015
Poetry, Language, Thought (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.11 — 3,688 ratings — published 1971
Best Words, Best Order: Essays on Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.06 — 394 ratings — published 1996
The Language of Inquiry (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.42 — 272 ratings — published 2000
My Emily Dickinson (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,526 ratings — published 1985
Autobiography of Red (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.25 — 36,652 ratings — published 1998
Ten Windows: How Great Poems Transform the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.36 — 401 ratings — published 2015
Eros the Bittersweet (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.46 — 6,827 ratings — published 1986
The Prophet (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.23 — 330,203 ratings — published 1923
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,513,537 ratings — published 1974
The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.29 — 417 ratings — published 1962
The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,363 ratings — published 2000
Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as poetics)
avg rating 3.99 — 365 ratings — published 1999
The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.49 — 212 ratings — published 1993
Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,544 ratings — published 1996
In the Palm of Your Hand: A Poet's Portable Workshop (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,140 ratings — published
The Waste Land and Other Poems (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.22 — 73,960 ratings — published 1922
Don't Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read Poems (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poetics)
avg rating 3.76 — 432 ratings — published 2019
Citizen: An American Lyric (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.25 — 52,056 ratings — published 2014
An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poetics)
avg rating 4.09 — 123 ratings — published 2002
Next Word, Better Word: The Craft of Writing Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poetics)
avg rating 3.77 — 118 ratings — published 2011
The Art of Description: World into Word (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poetics)
avg rating 3.96 — 982 ratings — published 2010
“It’s your privilege to find me incomprehensible. I gave you my minutes; let them remain ours. I hope I haunt you.”
― Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
― Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
“All good poems are victories over something.”
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