Cloudy Day Art listener Paul Badger recently turned me on to a relatively new poetry community site called Hello Poetry.
I’ve seen my share of sites that prompted poets to come online, share their poetry, and interact amongst the community. Some have been good and some have been bad. What separates the good from the bad, in my opinion, comes down to how the…
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I just started reading the book, “The Poetry Home Repair Manual : Practical Advice For Beginning Poets” by Ted Kooser, the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2004-2006.
I’m only on Chapter 1 “The Poet’s Job Description” and am ready to give my whole-hearted recommendation for this book.
Here’s a chapter excerpt that captures the importance of reading poetry:
We teach ourselves to write the kinds of poems we like to read.
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