Poets' Handbook
A Guide to Building Great Poems

By Kenneth C. Steven
March 2001
Writers' Bookshop / Vine House, UK
ISBN: 1902713109
80 Pages
$21.95 paper original

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If you're an aspiring poet, this concise & informative handbook will serve as a valuable reference source. It provides a complete step-by-step guide to writing poetry, from the very first spark of inspiration to the final revision. Some topics include: Building a poem from start to finish. How to edit poems. Advice on different forms of verse. Techniques to make rhyme work. Writing for children. Depth, lyricism and technical skill.

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