Tuesday, May 11, 2021

An Ode to Poetry: "How to Write a Form Poem" by Tania Runyan


I start this review with a disclaimer. How to Write a Form Poem: A Guide to 10 Fabulous Forms by Tania Runyan includes a poem I wrote. I also once tapped some lively feet to a performance by Runyan when she played the fiddle. Neither affected my judgment about the book.  

Well, the fiddle might have.

 

If you like form poems, Runyan has some advice. And a guide. Even if you don’t like form poems, Runyan has some advice. And a guide. And for those who like form poems and those who don’t, she offers this seeming contradiction: form poems are liberating. Liberating? Who knew?

 

To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak Poetry.

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