Five Poetry Collections to Read This Summer
Contemporary poetry recommendations from the first half of 2022.
Do It For The Kids: I Wrote A Book On Sylvia Plath That I Wish I Had As A Teenager
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Critical Writing, Education, literary criticism, Poetry, Poetry, Research, Sylvia Plath, Teenagers, Young Adult
We still treat teenagers like their interests and passions are amusing instead of existence-altering. So I wrote a book on Sylvia Plath to challenge that.
LURID: Moral Panic in Poetry — A Quilt for David
Sometimes the best way to retell a tarnished story is through poetry. Steven Reigns' new book, "A Quilt For David", re-examines an old moral panic from the 1990s and finds it wanting.
Why Every Author Should Write Haiku
By Jay Wilburn
There are important things prose authors can learn by experimenting with haiku. It is an easy artform to take up, but difficult to master.
Conjuring Strength Through Poetry: Battling the Slasher Movie in Your Head
Horror poetry reaches out into the darkness in hopes that understanding the shadows will shed light on our fears.
Beyond the Comfort Zone: Writing Outside Your Box
By BH Shepherd
An exploration of how writing in unfamiliar genres and formats can help you grow as a writer.
10 Reasons Why Poetry is the Manliest of Genres
We all know genres aren't male or female, but if they all ended up in a bar fight, would poetry be the manliest?
A Traditional Form Poetry Starter Pack
Interested in experimenting with traditional form poetry but not sure where to start, or if you'll like it? Suggestions for poets who want to avoid rhyme, avoid meter, keep it quick, or just have fun.
Finding the Big in the Very Small with Tanka Poetry
Tanka poets have a unique way of perfectly freezing a moment in time, of turning a short impression into a story of five lines.
UPDATED WITH WINNER: Workout Your Brain: Write a Sonnet (& Win!)
Is your brain getting flabby from too much science fiction writing? Shake up your writing routine by trying out one of the oldest forms in the book. That's right--write a sonnet!
Hashtag Haiku: #funwithshortforms
Take a break from all that serious writing to play with a couple short forms--one old, one new.
