The Poetry Home Repair Manual
Practical Advice for Beginning Poets
Bison Books · Print & ebook · March 1, 2007
"No other poet seems better suited to represent the United States as its Laureate in this era than Ted Kooser, and The Poetry Home Repair Manual should enhance his grip on our slumbering Republic."—Larry Woiwode, Poet Laureate of North Dakota, in North Dakota Quarterly Much more than a guidebook to writing and revising poems, this manual has all the comforts and merits of a long and enlightening conversation with a wise and patient old friend—a friend who is willing to share everything he’s learned about the art he’s spent a lifetime learning to execute so well.
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- Who it’s for
- Practical poetry advice arrives with the ease of a patient, enlightening conversation.
- Themes
- Poetry writing and revision, Developing poetic craft, Connecting with readers
- Pacing
- Reflective
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"No other poet seems better suited to represent the United States as its Laureate in this era than Ted Kooser, and The Poetry Home Repair Manual should enhance his grip on our slumbering Republic."—Larry Woiwode, Poet Laureate of North Dakota, in North Dakota Quarterly Much more than a guidebook to writing and revising poems, this manual has all the comforts and merits of a long and enlightening conversation with a wise and patient old friend—a friend who is willing to share everything he’s learned about the art he’s spent a lifetime learning to execute so well.
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Ted Kooser has been writing and publishing poetry for more than forty years. In the pages of The Poetry Home Repair Manual, Kooser brings those decades of experience to bear. Here are tools and insights, the instructions (and warnings against instructions) that poets—aspiring or practicing—can use to hone their craft, perhaps into art. Using examples from his own rich literary oeuvre and from the work of a number of successful contemporary poets, the author schools us in the critical relationship between poet and reader, which is fundamental to what Kooser believes is poetry’s ultimate purpose: to reach other people and touch their hearts.
Craft, With Conversation
Practical poetry advice arrives with the ease of a patient, enlightening conversation.
Come here for
- Tools and insights for writing and revising poems
- A thoughtful look at reaching readers through poetry
Expect
- Examples from Kooser’s work and contemporary poets
- Guidance that includes warnings against rigid instructions
Where it sits
| Poetry Writing | 90% |
|---|---|
| Writing as a Career | 44% |
| Creative Writing | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Writing as a Career
- Creative Writing
- Poetry Writing
- American Poetry
- Authors
- Ted Kooser
- Publisher
- Bison Books
- Published
- March 1, 2007
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Poetry writing and revision · Developing poetic craft · Connecting with readers
- Reading lane
- Writing as a Career