How to Write Poetry (Scholastic Guides)

I have thoroughly enjoyed working my way through this textbook, a few pages at a time. This Scholastic guide to writing poetry (first published in 1999) is primarily aimed at a High School students, but has been a perfect refresher for an adult (me!) wanting to get back into writing poetry again. Janeczko presents the information clearly, in bite-size sections and with humour. I especially liked his “Try This…” suggested exercises included in each section. It was also fun to look up (on the internet) the poems he suggests as examples for further reading. There is also a huge “checklist of good poetry books” at the back of the book along with a useful glossary of poetical terms.