Gearing up for a month of poetry
I'm looking for a book or online resource with poetry exercises, not only writing prompts but also a guide to practising different traditional and non-traditional styles, voice and structure.
I plan to write a poem a day in February. I'm naturally inclined to write more poems this time of year. Over the years I've written almost as many in February as all the other months put together. My theoretical explanation is that my brain is waking up from the long dark season but it hasn't progressed toward physical, outdoor energy yet, like gardening! So I want to inject some discipline into this predictable creative energy.
It's already shaping up to be a busy month. But every year I think of doing this and then forget. Suddenly March or April arrives and I have written a few more poems. This year I want to write 28. If I want to continue after that, all the better.
I'm exciting about how Brian Kiteley's book, The 3 A.M. Epiphany, has been helping me play with the nuts and bolts of fiction writing: characters, POV, dialogue, structure, etc. I'm looking for exercises that do something similar with poetry, deeper than simple prompts.
Any ideas?
I plan to write a poem a day in February. I'm naturally inclined to write more poems this time of year. Over the years I've written almost as many in February as all the other months put together. My theoretical explanation is that my brain is waking up from the long dark season but it hasn't progressed toward physical, outdoor energy yet, like gardening! So I want to inject some discipline into this predictable creative energy.
It's already shaping up to be a busy month. But every year I think of doing this and then forget. Suddenly March or April arrives and I have written a few more poems. This year I want to write 28. If I want to continue after that, all the better.
I'm exciting about how Brian Kiteley's book, The 3 A.M. Epiphany, has been helping me play with the nuts and bolts of fiction writing: characters, POV, dialogue, structure, etc. I'm looking for exercises that do something similar with poetry, deeper than simple prompts.
Any ideas?