{"title":"Tania Runyan","description":"Tania Runyan is the author of the well-loved How to Read a Poem: Based on the Billy Collins Poem \"Introduction to Poetry;\" has served as an editor for Every Day Poems; and is the author of four books of poetry, including A Thousand Vessels and Simple Weight. Her poems have appeared in many publications, including Poetry, Atlanta Review, Nimrod,  and Southern Poetry Review. She received an NEA Literature fellowship in 2011.","products":[{"product_id":"how-to-write-a-poem-based-on-the-billy-collins-poem-introduction-to-poetry-paperback","title":"How to Write a Poem: Based on the Billy Collins Poem \"Introduction to Poetry\" - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIs it possible to teach someone how to write a poem? Or does poetry simply \"come from the heart\" or from a special talent only some can ever hope to have?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Of course there's no formula for writing an amazing poem. If poems came with instructions like IKEA(R) coffee tables, we'd all be missing the point. But this book will give you some strategies-some tools, if you will-to assemble your personal, imaginative raw materials into poems that will surprise and intrigue. These strategies are focused primarily on free verse, yet many of the concepts can also be applied to form poetry, at both the inception and revision stages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eHow to Write a Poem\u003c\/i\u003e uses images like the buzz, the switch, the wave-from the Billy Collins poem \"Introduction to Poetry\"-to guide writers into new ways of writing poems. Excellent teaching tool. Anthology and prompts included.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376153133279,"sku":"9781943120123","price":20.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/mrfe-ZPD6f9781943120123.webp?v=1789214325"},{"product_id":"how-to-write-a-form-poem-a-guided-tour-of-10-fabulous-forms-includes-anthology-prompts-sonnets-sestinas-haiku-villanelles-pantoums-gha-paperback","title":"How to Write a Form Poem: A Guided Tour of 10 Fabulous Forms: includes anthology \u0026 prompts! sonnets, sestinas, haiku, villanelles, pantoums, gha - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eLooking for a poetry handbook to spark your imagination and guide you in the pleasures of writing poetry with heart and soul?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplore this inspiring \"workshop in a book.\" No matter your level, you can make poems that \u003ci\u003eexpress more deeply\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eimpact more richly. \u003c\/i\u003ePoems to keep. Poems to share.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Read a Poem\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow to Write a Poem\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a truly delightful book on how to write poetry in form. Tania Runyan's previous \u003ci\u003eHow to Write a Poem\u003c\/i\u003e focused on free verse. It covered the powerful techniques of poetry writing: image, sound, line breaks, surprising insights, risk-taking, revision strategies. It also provided practical resources to get your poems published. This companion book builds on \u003ci\u003eHow to Write a Poem\u003c\/i\u003e, revealing the world of classic and new poetry forms, to help you grow and explore more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Write a Form Poem\u003c\/i\u003e is a helpful guide for poetry beginners. It's an inspiring reference (and a fun read) for experienced poets of all levels. It's also a useful tool for teachers who want an accessible, informative, imaginative text for students-with plenty of tips for how to actually approach writing the forms, lots of sample poems to illustrate the forms + intriguing poetry prompts!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Write a Form Poem\u003c\/i\u003e covers 10 fabulous forms-sonnets, sestinas, haiku, villanelles, pantoums, ghazals, rondeaux, odes, acrostics (the real kind), found poems + surprising variations on classic forms (triolet, anyone?), to challenge you when you're ready to go the extra mile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou'll also be entertained by Runyan's own travel stories that she uses to explain and explore the various forms-the effect of which is to bring form poetry down to earth (and onto your own poetry writing map). Carnival, lighthouse, monument, state park...she uses them all to help explain the exciting world of how to write poems in form. Her travels also result in a collection of satisfying sample poems she shares with readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther sample poems include works from both popular and emerging poets from many walks of life and geographies. In your anthology travels here, you'll meet (or get reacquainted with) Conor O'Callaghan, Richard Pierce, Ashley M. Jones, William Shakespeare, John Keats, Claude McKay, Tom Hunley, Elizabeth Bishop, Celia Lisset Alvarez, Elise Paschen, Frank O'Hara, Victoria Chang, Joshua Gage, Katie Manning, Seth Haines, Natasha Trethewey, David K. Wheeler, Chip Livingston, John McCrae, Rick Maxson, Robert Bridges, Albert Giraud, Charles Henry Luders, Janet Aalfs, Rebecca Lauren, Marci Rae Johnson, Angela Alaimo O'Donnell, Matsuo Basho, Matsuo Allard, Amy Lowell, Charles B. Dickson, Christopher Patchel, Michelle Ortega, Ezra Pound, Sandra Heska King, Todd C. Truffin, Erin Keane, John Poch, L.L. Barkat, Susan Rothbard, Gabriel Spera, David Wright, Isaac Willis, Jeanne Murray Walker, Benjamin Myers, Murray Silverstein, Monica Sharman, Barbara Crooker, deb y felio, Faisal Mohyuddin, Edgar Allan Poe, Aaron Brown, Zeina Hashem Beck, Dheepa Maturi, John Drury, Marjorie Maddox, Jill Baumgaertner, Maureen E. Doallas, Juditha Dowd, Thomas Gray, Ron Wallace, Lucille Clifton, Alexander Pope, Clint Smith, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Barbara Howes, Sara Barkat, Megan Willome, Allison Joseph, Claire Batemen, Glynn Young, John Stevenson, Jim Kacian, Carolyn Hall, Roberta Beary, Lorin Ford, Clement Hoyt, and Wallace Stevens. Whew!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Write a Form Poem\u003c\/i\u003e is a little adventure waiting for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*** Learn about the poets' processes and poem backstories when you visit https: \/\/www.tweetspeakpoetry.com\/category\/poet-a-day\/ - You can also hear recordings of many of the poets reading their poems!","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376638623967,"sku":"9781943120499","price":21.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/JuNgt95QXr9781943120499.webp?v=1789218228"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/tania-runyan.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}