How to Write Poetry - A Recipe.

* Listen to voices, sounds, music, poetry.

* Read Poetry.

* Read Books on How to Write Poetry.

* Get a Life - Observe - Pay attention.

* Special for students intested in Classical Forms of Poetry: Books.

* Hint: check out our palm-sized essays on classical forms - they could jump-start a poem: *Ghazal. *Pantoum. *Sestina. *Sonnet. *Villanelle.

* OK - Now you are ready to write poetry.

* Sit in front of your carbon-based or silicon-based page.

* Get those fingers dancing, honey!

* Back to Poetry Home.

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