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    The Best Poetry Exercises from Grad School (No MFA Tuition Necessary)
    The Best Poetry Exercises from Grad School (No MFA Tuition Necessary)
    The Best Poetry Exercises from Grad School (No MFA Tuition Necessary)
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    The Best Poetry Exercises from Grad School (No MFA Tuition Necessary)

    By S.R. Stewart

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    Poetry exercises are a smart way to develop one's "toolbox" -- but why would you want to pay $15,000-45,000 per year to get to those exercises? Our book offers poets at all levels a variety of poetry exercises designed to push you out of the comfort of your style. Not to mention, a brief selection of poetry terms are outlined.

    With fifty-one poetry writing exercises and a brief poetry term glossary, "The Best Poetry Exercises from Grad School (No MFA Tuition Necessary)" offers on-edge writing help that pushes beyond the standard "write me a haiku" exercise. The exercises were developed from renowned writers such as Greg Glazner, Richard Hugo, Joe Wenderoth, Dana Gioia and Andy Jones.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUnsolicited Press
    Release dateJul 23, 2015
    ISBN9781310089794
    The Best Poetry Exercises from Grad School (No MFA Tuition Necessary)
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    S.R. Stewart

    SR Stewart is a poet, nonfiction writer and editor. Her work has been published in literary journals such as "Euphony," "Nameless," "Two Cities Review," "The Davis Enterprise," "Spires" and many more. She is the managing editor at Unsolicited Press.

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      The Best Poetry Exercises from Grad School (No MFA Tuition Necessary) - S.R. Stewart

      FOREWORD

      In spirit of The Portable MFA, we wanted to take the exercises that we learned in graduate school and the ones that we've come up with over the years and give them to you. We don't think you need to pay thousands of dollars to have access to inspiration—but maybe just a few bucks. The poetry exercises are designed to fuel your writing and make you evaluate how you approach your own writing style. In the back of the book, you will find a list of suggested readings that may pertain to the exercises and lend to your develop of poetics.

      CONTENTS

      THE EXERCISES

      GLOSSARY OF POETIC TERMS

      SUGGESTED READING

      EXERCISE ONE: MIMESIS OF STEIN'S

      TENDER BUTTONS

      In Stein's essence, develop a description of an object, food, or place in a

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