Mechanics of Poetry: A fresh approach to the subject (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798300223373)

Su Falcon's Mechanics of Poetry is an invaluable guide for those just beginning to explore what many readers may find at first to be an intimidating subject. Falcon takes readers by the hand and clearly explains some of the basic tools poets use to craft their poems. If you're interested in poetry but don't quite know where to start, start here. I can think of no better place to begin.
- Larry Narron
Winner of the Dorothy Rosenberg Memorial Prize in Lyric Poetry

Words can change the world.

Poetry is everywhere if you know how to look. You'll find it in books, songs, advertising - even politics. Poetry can sway emotions, change opinions, and reset the course of a culture.

This book is designed to teach you how to do these things.

Originally written as a series of lessons for teaching poetry to 12- to 17-year-olds, this approach to the subject has been proven to work with teens and adults, and novice to experienced poets, with the same great result.

Think you couldn't write a poem if your life depended on it? This book would love to change your mind. Mechanics of Poetry has been described as "deceptively simple", "a valuable primer", and "what any poetry educator needs as a class aid". But see for yourself.

The twelve lessons contained here can bring anyone, novice or pro, teacher or student, to a better understanding of both poetry and the language of imagery, and other mechanics that poets employ. Each lesson has an exercise at the end to help you hold on to what you've learned.

Mechanics of Poetry is useful in homeschools, classrooms, workshops, and anywhere else people go to hone their writing skills. You can even use it as a self-study tool. Poets, writers, copywriters, novelists, rappers, screenwriters, songwriters, and anyone else who uses language to create new worlds can benefit from studying this little book.

Get this book today and start changing the world. Your words do make a difference.