Through a fresh, imaginative formatprefaces and afterwords that sketch the character of the poet, that provide insight into how he writes and what inspires himRichard Thomas has captured in this book of his own poems the flavor and excitement of a poetry reading. The book s three sections (My Friends; My Loved Ones; My Self) not only showcase the poem but also acquaint the reader with the process of writing poetry.Defining his goal in this book, Thomas says, I hope untrained readers may better understand the ingredients of poetrymetaphor, ambiguity, mystery. As for experienced readers, I hope they will find the comments as interesting as those they might hear at a reading. This is a nondidactic book for creative writing classes and a text for both English education courses and language arts methods courses in education. And of course a book for those who appreciate poetry."
- ISBN10 0585186626
- ISBN13 9780585186627
- Publish Date 14 May 2014 (first published 1 March 1980)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Southern Illinois University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 65
- Language English