Incoming Resources
- What is poetry?, the essential guide to reading & writing poems, Michael Rosen ; illustrated by Jill Calder
- The teachers & writers handbook of poetic forms, edited by Ron Padgett
- How to write a poem, John Redmond
- The instant of knowing, a lecture delivered at the Library of Congress, May 7, 1973, by Josephine Jacobsen
- Modern poetry and the tradition,, by Cleanth Brooks
- The complete rhyming dictionary revised including the poet's craft book, edited by Clement Wood ; revised by Ronald J. Bogus
- The Poet's companion, a guide to the pleasures of writing poetry, Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux
- Ordinary genius, a guide for the poet within, Kim Addonizio
- Beautiful & pointless, a guide to modern poetry, David Orr
- Nine gates, entering the mind of poetry : essays, by Jane Hirschfield
- Get lit rising, Words ignite. Claim your poem. Claim your life., Diane Luby Lane and the Get Lit Players
- The write thing, Kwame Alexander engages students in writing workshop (and you can too!), Kwame Alexander ; foreward by Kylene Beers
- You, too, could write a poem, David Orr
- Lofty dogmas, poets on poetics, edited by Deborah Brown, Annie Finch, Maxine Kumin
- The complete rhyming dictionary revised, including the poet's craft book, edited by Clement Wood ; revised by Ronald J. Bogus
- Penelope and Pip build a prose poem, by Pete Heiden ; illustrated by Amy Huntington
- Talking back to poems, a working guide for the aspiring poet, Daniel Alderson
- How to interpret poetry, Laurie E. Rozakis
- Poetry prompts, all sorts of ways to start a poem, from Joseph Coelho ; illustrated by Georgie Birkett, Grasya Oliyko, Amanda Quartey and Viola Wang
- A treasury of Jewish humor, [a classic collection of humorous stories, satires and witticisms from the rich Jewish literature of all times], edited by Nathan Ausubel
- Carrots to cupcakes, reading, writing, and reciting poems about food, compiled & edited by Susan M. Freese ; illustrated by Jan Westberg
- How to write poetry and get it published, Fred Sedgwick
- How poems get made, James Longenbach
- A poetry handbook, Mary Oliver
- Poetic meter and poetic form, Paul Fussell
- Jabberwalking, Juan Felipe Herrera
- The ode less travelled, unlocking the poet within, Stephen Fry
- Bees to trees, reading, writing, and reciting poems about nature, compiled & edited by Susan M. Freese ; illustrated by Jan Westberg
- Ana and Adam build an acrostic, by Victoria Peterson-Hilleque ; illustrated by Winifred Barnum-Newman
- Poetry as spellcasting, poems, essays, and prompts for manifesting liberation and reclaiming power, Tamiko Beyer, Destiny Hemphill, and Lisbeth White
- Poetry RX, how fifty inspiring poems can heal and bring joy to your life, Norman E. Rosenthal
- Aristotle: Poetics, Translated with an introd. and notes by Gerald F. Else
- Metaphor as pure adventure, a lecture delivered at the Library of Congress, December 4, 1967, by James Dickey
- Poetry matters, writing a poem from the inside out, Ralph Fletcher
- Rena and Rio build a rhyme, by Pamela Hall ; illustrated by Cary Pillo
- The wonder paradox, embracing the weirdness of existence and the poetry of our lives, Jennifer Michael Hecht
- Poet's guide, how to publish and perform your work, Michael J. Bugeja
- Read, recite, and write cinquains, JoAnn Early Macken ; Editor: Anastasia Suen
- Creating poetry, John Drury
- The discovery of poetry, a field guide to reading and writing poems, Frances Mayes
- How to read a poem, and fall in love with poetry, Edward Hirsch
- Simone on the throne, Anders Hanson
- The Practice of poetry, writing exercises from poets who teach, edited by Robin Behn & Chase Twichell
- Rhyme, meter, and other word music, Jennifer Fandel
- The poetry home repair manual, practical advice for beginning poets, Ted Kooser
- Metaphors, similes, and other word pictures, Jennifer Fandel
- A poet's craft, a comprehensive guide to making and sharing your poetry, Annie Finch
- THE POETRY BOOK, consultants & contributors, Elizabeth Blakemore, Helen Douglas-Cooper, Sean Frederick Forbes, Bethany Hicok, Mark Collins Jenkins [and 8 others]
- A poet's guide to poetry, Mary Kinzie
- Ten windows, how great poems transform the world, Jane Hirshfield