Most introductions, especially introductions to poetry collections, are written to be ignored. No one picks up an anthology looking forward to a terrific introduction: The whole point is the poems, ...
So, to anyone who feels scared of poetry: take a class—knowingly or unknowingly—based in verse and the whole world of poetry ...
“Many people say they don’t ‘get’ poetry,” says Ben Jackson. “I don’t always ‘get’ it either. But I know what my body feels, I know what my mind processes, and that’s enough for me to find my way into ...
This workshop is designed to introduce you to the history of poetry today and provide a toolbox of techniques. In each workshop session, writing assignments or prompts will be provided as well as ...
The American Poetry Review is dedicated to reaching a worldwide audience with a diverse array of the best contemporary poetry and literary prose. APR also aims to expand the audience interested in ...
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
Modern Poetry of Pakistan offers many offshoots of the classical tradition of Muslim poetry in India. Although Amir Khusrau (1253-1325), considered by some to be the first poet writing in a ...
“Let’s start with a clean slate,” says instructor Ben Jackson. “I don’t ‘get’ poetry either. I never have. But I know what my body feels, I know what my mind processes, and that’s enough for me to ...
Oxford University Press has brought out a series of booklets aimed at introducing leading Urdu poets to the common reader. So I have before me twenty such booklets, each offering a brief introduction ...