The Poet's Journey Poems on Poetry and the Writing Life |
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| Author:
| Brooks, Patricia |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4537-1740-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $8.00 |
Book Description:
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The poems in this volume focus on poetry itself, its writing and reading, its sources of inspiration, and the demands and rewards of the writing life. The poems on poetry make a case for the return of significant sound and rhythm to modern poetry. The author feels that those historic features have been somewhat neglected in the modern poet's determination to avoid strict meter and shallow end rhyme, and seeks to re-stimulate the senses to the joys of poetry's special music.
The poems in this volume focus on poetry itself, its writing and reading, its sources of inspiration, and the demands and rewards of the writing life. The poems on poetry make a case for the return of significant sound and rhythm to modern poetry. The author feels that those historic features have been somewhat neglected in the modern poet's determination to avoid strict meter and shallow end rhyme, and seeks to re-stimulate the senses to the joys of poetry's special music.