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The Portable Poetry Workshop - by Nigel McLoughlin (Paperback)

The Portable Poetry Workshop - by  Nigel McLoughlin (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>This book explores the art of poetry writing from a practice-based perspective, showing how form, trope and theory inform the practical craft of writing poems. It is divided into three key sections: <br>- Form and structure, covering sonnets, ballads, blank verse and more<br>- Trope and device, introducing topics such as irony, imagery and voice<br>- Poetics and practice, which discusses the writing of poets such as Robert Frost, Amy Lowell and Frank O'Hara <p/>Each chapter unpacks a particular concept or form, using examples to display it in practice. The book is filled with exercises to get you writing, and hints and tips for effective re-writing and for avoiding common pitfalls. Written by published poets, many of whom teach writing or literature, <i>The Portable Poetry Workshop</i> will push you to explore beyond your creative writing boundaries.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Nigel McLoughlin is a poet whose work has been widely published over the last twenty years. His fifth collection, entitled <i>Chora: New and Selected Poems</i>, was published by Templar Poetry in 2009, and recordings of his work were selected for inclusion in The Poetry Archive. He is Professor of Creativity and Poetics at the University of Gloucestershire, UK.<br>Nigel McLoughlin is a poet whose work has been widely published over the last twenty years. His fifth collection, entitled <i>Chora: New and Selected Poems</i>, was published by Templar Poetry in 2009, and recordings of his work were selected for inclusion in The Poetry Archive. He is Professor of Creativity and Poetics at the University of Gloucestershire, UK.</p>

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