Books about Writing Poetry

I’ve written fills for all the prompts of my second Yahtzee roll and I’ve met my personal goal of 15 different poetic forms for national poetry month, so I thought I’d mention three books about writing poetry that I find useful. Two I have purchased (used) and one I check out when required from the library. As a part-time hobbyist-scribbler, they are all the resource I need. They are:

Rules for the Dance by Mary Oliver.
The Ode Less Travelled by Stephen Fry.
The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms, edited by Mark Strand and Eavan Boland.

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