Start with high-confidence poetry writing books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
A Little Book on Form
Robert Hass
Why Poetry
Matthew Zapruder
How to Read a Poem
Edward Hirsch
A Poetry Handbook
Mary Oliver
Rules for the Dance
The Poetry Home Repair Manual
Ted Kooser
Proofs and Theories
Louise Gluck
Fear Less
Tracy K Smith
Creative Writing for Dummies
Maggie Hamand
The Art of Syntax
Ellen Bryant Voigt
Letters to a Young Poet
Rainer Maria Rilke
