The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry [Paperback]

This feels like the book we've been waiting for: rigorous, generous, in love with the art of poetry, aware of the inner architecture of poemsand maybe it couldn't have been written by anyone but Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux, two passionate poets.An intelligent, lucid conversationbetween the authors and between them and us. I have been with them allthere is no better companion!Thoughtful, generous, and accurate to both deeper truths and the craftwork it takes to hold them&a superb guide for the working poet.From the nuts and bolts of craft to the sources of inspiration, this book is for anyone who wants to write poetry-and do it well.