Russ's comments
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Russ's comments from the ¡ POETRY ! group.
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To help introduce poetry to all ages interested I have used several books.
poemcrazy-freeing your life with words, by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridridge, is a very free form look at getting started writing poetry without being tied down to poetic structure.
Sleeping on the Wing By Kenneth Koch and Kate Farrell is a wonderful anthology with poems by Whitman Ginsberg, Ashbery, Not only do the essays accompany these fines works, but writing prompts too.
For the serious student or more advanced class. A Test of Poetry by Louis Zukofsky. I have been pushing the benefits of this book for several decades. What he does is take poetry and let you decide what makes it work. Kind of like an auto mechanics guide to the inside of an engine.I continue to come back to this book as the guide for my own poetic ramblings. A valuable tool
