Two beloved and esteemed poets have collaborated on this intimate and useful anthology illuminating the history, practice, and wonder of our most elusive art. Intended for all those who love poetry, including teachers, readers, writers, and students, The Making of a Poem will be especially valued by those who feel that an understanding of form-sonnet, ballad, villanelle, sestina, etc.-would enhance their appreciation of poetry, but are daunted by the terms, the names, and the histories of various poetic forms. This anthology draws the reader in, by example and explanation, to the excitement and entertainment of these forms. It explains their origins, traces their development, and shows examples from the past and present. In a feature called "The form at a glance" the reader can try his or her own hand writing a particular form. Included are essays by each of the editors describing their own personal journeys toward a form for their poetic voice. Above all, this anthology shows that poetic form is a continuing adventure. Contemporary poets can be seen here trying out the same forms that poets used hundreds of years ago, but in the new circumstances of a complicated modern world. In this way poetic form is illustrated not as a series of rules, but as a passionate conversation in which every reader of poetry can become involved.
Two beloved and esteemed poets have collaborated on this intimate and useful anthology illuminating the history, practice, and wonder of our most elusive art. Intended for all those who love poetry, including teachers, readers, writers, and students, The Making of a Poem will be especially valued by those who feel that an understanding of form-sonnet, ballad, villanelle, sestina, etc.-would enhance their appreciation of poetry, but are daunted by the terms, the names, and the histories of various poetic forms. This anthology draws the reader in, by example and explanation, to the excitement and entertainment of these forms. It explains their origins, traces their development, and shows examples from the past and present. In a feature called "The form at a glance" the reader can try his or her own hand writing a particular form. Included are essays by each of the editors describing their own personal journeys toward a form for their poetic voice. Above all, this anthology shows that poetic form is a continuing adventure. Contemporary poets can be seen here trying out the same forms that poets used hundreds of years ago, but in the new circumstances of a complicated modern world. In this way poetic form is illustrated not as a series of rules, but as a passionate conversation in which every reader of poetry can become involved.
Eavan Boland (1944—2020) was the author of more than a dozen volumes of poetry, including Outside History and several volumes of nonfiction, and was coeditor of the anthology The Making of Poem. Born in Dublin, Ireland, she was one of the foremost female voices in Irish literature. She received a Lannan Foundation Award and an American Ireland Fund Literary Award, among other honors. She taught at Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, Bowdoin College, and Stanford University, where she was the director of the creative writing program. Mark Strand (1934—2014) won the Pulitzer Prize for Blizzard of One and was Poet Laureate of the United States.
"A generous and exquisitely selective anthology of poetry forms
that may make you decide to give up E-mail and start writing
sestinas and villanelles."
*Francine Prose - Elle*
"A marvelous new anthology... intended for readers daunted by
terminology and complex poetic forms."
*Milwaukee Journal Sentinel*
"This is the book writers and readers, teachers and students, have
been dreaming of—canny, generous, and practical, Boland and Strand
are ideal guides through the golden labyrinth of poetry at its most
ingenious and commanding. A marvelous collection!"
*J.D. McClatchy*
"Much more poetry than commentary appears, making the book both a
splendid classroom text and, since the selections are top-drawer
poems by first-rate poets, a book any poetry lover or would-be
poetry lover may learn from and love."
*Booklist*
"A generous and exquisitely selective anthology of poetry forms
that may make you decide to give up E-mail and start writing
sestinas and villanelles." -- Francine Prose - Elle
"A marvelous new anthology... intended for readers daunted by
terminology and complex poetic forms." -- Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel
"This is the book writers and readers, teachers and students, have
been dreaming of-canny, generous, and practical, Boland and Strand
are ideal guides through the golden labyrinth of poetry at its most
ingenious and commanding. A marvelous collection!" -- J.D.
McClatchy
"Much more poetry than commentary appears, making the book both a
splendid classroom text and, since the selections are top-drawer
poems by first-rate poets, a book any poetry lover or would-be
poetry lover may learn from and love." -- Booklist
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