The Art and Craft of Poetry

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Michael R. Collings. The Art and Craft of Poetry

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While many of the poems referred to as models have been posted on internet sites, some exercises in this sequence are keyed to materials in the follow­ing books, although it is not necessary to purchase them in order to explore the possibilities of poetry presented here:

Drury, John. The Poetry Dictionary. Cincinnati OH: Story Press, 1995. [Drury]. Drury is particularly valu­able for its detailed discus­sions of liter­ary forms and movements. The sections need not be read in se­quence.

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“These lines were written after hearing the following touching incident related by a minister. A mother, who was preparing some flour to bake into bread, left it for a moment, when little Mary, with child­ish curiosity to see what it was, took hold of the dish, when it fell to the floor, spilling the contents. The mother struck the child a severe blow, saying, with anger, that she was always in the way. Two weeks after, little Mary sickened and died. On her death-bed, while delirious, she asked her mother if there would be room for her among the angels. ‘I was always in your way, mother; you had no room for little Mary! And will I be in the angels’ way? Will they have no room for me?’ The broken-hearted mother then felt no sacrifice would be too great, could she have saved her child.”

Is there room among the angels

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