How to develop your own poetic style.
Who’s your favorite virgin?
Deborah Ager’s unwritten poetry rules. I like Nos. 1 & 2, and have always obeyed No. 2.
Diane Lockward’s. I like 7, 11, and 12, but I think No. 4 is quickly becoming overdone.
Poetry Hound’s poetry review tips.
The Shepherd on the poetry and criticism split.
And the final [...]
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Meet Rowan Williams the poet.
Meet Satan’s mistress, the best poet in the U.S.
I have to say this about Sharon Olds. She was the first contemporary influence upon me. While taking my first poetry workshop as an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Dallas one of our required readings was Satan Says, her first book. [...]
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