Skip over the pages that make this a textbook, and you will find a rich and varied poetry book.
The author is passionate about poems: reading them well and with understanding, writing them well, the interplay of words.
Did you ever wonder why the first letter in every line of some poems is capitalized? Have you ever wished to read poems out lound without falling into a sing-song voice? Do you enjoy reading all kinds of poems? Do you want to teach yourself to be a more efficient writer of poetry? All of these matters, and many more, are discussed in this text.
