Have we made a poetry starter kit? I feel like I've mainly
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Have we made a poetry starter kit? I feel like I've mainly seen prose guides in here.
>>7656281
I have this saved from somewhere
>>7656281
The best advice is as follows:
1) Read a book on meter (Rhymes Reason, Ode Less Travelled)
2) Read an anthology (Bloom's, Norton's)
3) Read the works of those you like
>>7656336
Second this.
Just start with Tao Lin
where are you from?
reason being, it can easier to identify with someone who is familiar with your landscape.
there's a book store a few towns away that has a Georgia poets section and that shit glittered my tip.
if you enjoy green and a green sanctuary, check out Gary Snyder