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Highlights for Poetry at Ariadne's Web. Books of Poetry Form. How to Write Poetry. Index: A,   B,   C,   D,   E,   F,   G,   H,   I,   J,   K,   L,   M,   N,   O,   P,   Q,   R,   S,   T,   U,   V,   W,   X,   Y,   Z

1. • Agha Shahid Ali [Agha as family name].
   • Allegory
   • Anderson, Len: review of his Affection for the Unknowable (2003). Invented by the Night (2011).
   • Anthologies: Annual anthologies of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society.
   • Antiquities: Encountering Antiquity Course (summer intensive).
   • Atkinson, Charles.
   • Antiquity: notes of class on Encountering Antiquity.
   • Armantrout, Rae.
   • Attridge, Derek: review of his Poetic Rhythm: An Introduction. Text for class Encountering Antiquity.
   • Atwood, Margaret.
   • Atwood, Margaret (essays).
   • Automatic Uppercase Avoidance: remove it at the start of a Line in MS-Word: get the lowercase format that you want.

2. • Ballade. A French form. See also the Lai and the Rondeau. Variations on the form include (each with optional envoy of half the lines of a main stanza):
     • The basic Ballade, which has three stanza of 8 lines
     • Ballade Supreme, which has three stanza of 10 lines
     • The Double Ballade, which has six stanza of 8 lines
     • The Double Ballade Supreme, which has six stanza of 10 lines.
   • Ballade Supreme. A French form with three stanza of 10 lines and an optional envoy of 5 lines.
   • Barry, Lynda:

     What It Is by Lynda Barry. New in 2008. Brilliant visual workshop for writers.

     • All books by Lynda Barry.
     • Lynda Barry - What It Is. (review by Ariadne Unst).
     • Lynda Barry - Cartoonist, Novelist, and Filipina Redhead (performance report by reviewer Ariadne Unst).
   • BAP (Best American Poetry): Series Editor David Lehman.
     The Best American Poetry series.
     The Best American Poetry: 2015; Guest Editor Sherman Alexie.
     The Best American Poetry: 2014; Guest Editor Terrance Hayes.
     The Best American Poetry: 2013; Guest Editor Denise Duhamel.
     The Best American Poetry: 2012; Guest Editor Mark Doty.
     The Best American Poetry: 2011; Guest Editor Kevin Young.
     The Best American Poetry: 2010; Guest Editor Amy Gerstler.
     The Best American Poetry: 2009; Guest Editor David Wagoner.
     The Best American Poetry: 2008; Guest Editor Charles Wright.
     The Best American Poetry: 2007; Guest Editor Heather McHugh.
     The Best American Poetry: 2006; Guest Editor Billy Collins.
     The Best American Poetry: 2005; Guest Editor Paul Muldoon.
   • Bashō: Haiku, haibun, and renga of Matsuo Bashō.
     Bashō: Barnhill's Basho's Haiku: Selected Poems of Matsuo Basho.
     Bashō: Oseko's Complete Translations of Basho Haiku.
     Bashō: Reichhold's Basho: the Complete Haiku.
   • Beowulf.
   • Berryman, John.
   • "Best" poems and poets.
   • Bishop, Elizabeth.
   • Blake, William.
   • Bloom, Barbara.
   • Bloom, Harold and The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry.
   • Bly, Robert.
   • Britain: The Poets Laureate of Britain
   • Books on How to Read Poetry and How to Write Your Own Poetry and How To Write Anything.
   • Braucher, Karen - Aqua Curves.
   • Browsers - Considerations on Building Sites for Use with Multiple Browsers.
   • Buson: Haiku, haibun, and art of Yosa Buson.
   • Byron, George Gordon.

3. • Carson, Anne.
   • Chiyo.
   • Clampitt, Amy.
   • Cascading Style Sheets Strategies for their use to improve this site.
   • Chapbooks.
   • Chinese poetry: versions by Rexroth.
   • Cinquain.
   • Coleridge, Samuel Taylor; Coleridge as a Romantic Poet.
   • Collins, Billy.
   • Collins, Billy: "An exercise" to try writing a poem in the style of the famous and popular poet, Billy Collins.
   • Concrete poetry. El Poema Concreto.
   • The Copper Canyon Press Catalogs.
   • Copyright - Do Not Plagiarize Articles or Poetry at Ariadne's Web.

4. • Dante.
   • Dennis, Carl.
   • Deutsch, Babette.
   • Davis, Dick.
   • Donegan, Patricia.
   • The Double Ballade. A French form with six stanza of 8 lines (and an optional envoy).
   • The Double Ballade Supreme. A French form with six stanza of 10 lines (and an optional envoy).
   • Duffy, Carol (Poet Laureate of Britain.
   • Duhamel, Denise.
   • Dunn, Stephen.

5. • Everson, William (Gary Young reviews Dark God of Eros, a William Everson Reader)
   • English Romantic Poets: Lectures by Willard Spiegelman. Timeline of Romantic Poets. Poets included:
     • Blake, William.
     • Byron, George Gordon.
     • Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.
     • Keats, John.
     • Shelley, Percy Bysshe.
     • Wordsworth, William.
   • Español. El Poema Concreto.
   • Essay index.
   • Exercises in writing poetry: Index to writing exercises, which include
     • writing a poem in the style of the famous and popular Billy Collins.
     • how to write a poem that casts a spell.
     • Haiku Exercise 1: brief 3-line nature poem with two juxtaposed images.
     • Haiku Exercise 2: brief 3-line nature poem with two juxtaposed images using '5-7-5' syllable count.
     • Haiku Exercise 3: brief 3-line senryu: the 'human nature' poem.
     • Haiku Exercise 1 notes; comments and books on writing haiku.
     • Haiku Exercise 2 notes; comments and books on the history of haiku.
     • Haiku Exercise 3 notes; comments and timeline on the history of haiku.

6. • Farquhar, Dion.
   • Fib.
   • Forms (fixed, stanzaic, line, etc.) - see our Glossary and Books of Poetry Form.
     Main forms:

     Haibun. Haiku. Hay(na)ku. Rengay. Tanka. Ballade. Cinquain. Concrete. Fib. Ghazal. Lai. Pantoum. Rondeau. Rubáiyát. Sestina. Skaldic verse. Sonnet. Terza rima. Triolet. Tritina. Villanelle.

   • French forms: Ballade, Lai, Rondeau.
   • Fry, Stephen: The Ode Less Travelled.

7. • Gallagher, Claire.
   • Gaspar, Frank X.
   • The Gawain Poet.
   • The Tale of Genji, authored by Murasaki Shikibu.
   • GEPPO magazine of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society.
   • Ghazal.
   • Gilbert, Jack.
   • Giroux, Joan: The Haiku Form.
   • Glossary.
   • Glück, Louise.
   • Good Poems for Hard Times [Editor Garrison Keillor].
   • Graham, Jorie - Never.
   • Gurga, Lee:
     • Haiku: A Poet's Guide
     • Toward an Aesthetic for English-Language Haiku

8. • Haibun.
   • Haibun essays and reviews:
     2015: A review of Genjuan Haibun Contest Decorated Works 2012-2014.
     first published in Frogpond, 38: 3, Autumn 2015.
     2014: What English-Language Haibun Poets Can Learn From Japanese Practices;
     first published at CHO (Contemporary Haibun On-Line) January 2014.
     2013: What Haibun Poets Can Learn From Non-haikai Western Poetry Practices;
     first published at CHO (Contemporary Haibun On-Line) October 2013.
   • Haiga.
   • Haiku. Also see Review of Modern Haiku: The Robert Spiess Memorial Issue (2002) and Volume 34.2, 2003 and J. Zimmerman's Haiku first published in Heron's Nest, Geppo, etc. and Shiki (haiku).
   • Haiku: A Poet's Guide by Lee Gurga.
   • Haiku Improvement: "How to Revise and Improve your Haiku."
   • Haiku Pacific Rim (HPR).
   • Haiku writing exercises:
     • Haiku Exercise 1: brief 3-line nature poem with two juxtaposed images.
     • Haiku Exercise 2: brief 3-line nature poem with two juxtaposed images using '5-7-5' syllable count.
     • Haiku Exercise 3: brief 3-line senryu: the 'human nature' poem.
     • Haiku Exercise 1 notes; comments and books on writing haiku.
     • Haiku Exercise 2 notes; comments and books on the history of haiku.
     • Haiku Exercise 3 notes; comments and timeline on the history of haiku.
   • Haiku Workshop with Christopher Herold: Notes (including some exercises) on the Pescadero (2004) Haiku Weekend Workshop taught by Christopher Herold.
   • Handwriting - How Yours Might Affect your Poetry Having difficulty writing poetry? Your problems may be due to your handwriting - which you can change!!!
   • Hay(na)ku. The 21st-century word-count form.
   • Chained Hay(na)ku. The collaborative form of Hay(na)ku.
   • Heaney, Seamus, version of Beowulf.
   • Heart: notes of class on The Heart in Literature, Philosophy, and Science Studies.
   • Heinrich, Peggy.
   • Herold, Christopher: Haiku Workshop with Christopher Herold: Notes and exercises from his 2004 Pescadero Haiku Workshop.
   • Hirsch, Edward.
   • Hirshfield, Jane.
   • Hollander, John: Dante: A Life in Works.
   • Hosai Ozaki.
   • Housman, A.E.
   • Hugo, Richard - Triggering Town.

10. • Jarrell, Randall.

11. • Keats, John.
    • Keillor, Garrison: edits Good Poems for Hard Times.
    • Ki no Tsurayuki (9th century Japanese poetry).
    • Kinnell, Galway.
    • Koertge, Ronald.
    • Kooser, Ted.
    • Kuroda, Momoko, haiku poet.

12. • Lai. A French form. See also the Ballade and the Rondeau.
    • Larkin, Philip.
    • Laureates of Britain and the USA.
    • Lee, Li-Young — books of poems.
    • Lee, Li-Young — notes on listening to him, 2003.
    • Light verse: The Norton Book of Light Verse (1986) edited by Russell Baker with the assistance of Kathleen Leland Baker.
    • Listening - How to Listen to Poetry.
    • Lohmann, Jeanne.
    • Lowell, Robert.
    • Lowercase under your control at the start of a Line in MS-Word: get the lowercase format that you want and remove automatic uppercase at the start of a Line.

13. • Machmiller, Patricia J.
    • Marks, Corey: including his Renunciation.
    • Martin, Joanna.
    • McClatchy, J.D.
    • Merwin, W.S.
    • Mitsumono Renku.
    • Momoi, Beverly Acuff: Free Fall Yellow (2010) and other poetry of Beverly Acuff Momoi.
    • Murasaki Shikibu, author of The Tale of Genji.
    • Murray, Les.

14. • Books just read.
    • Nonce or unique-form poem.

15. • Olds, Sharon.
    • Oliver, Mary.
    • Owen, Renée.

16. • Pantoum
    • Pastan, Linda - Imperfect Paradise.
    • Paul, Maggie.
    • Pinsky, Robert: notes on his The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide.
    • Plath, Sylvia.
    • Poets Laureate: the Poets Laureate of Britain.
    • Poets Laureate of the United States of America.
    • Pound, Ezra.
    • Printing and poetry: Gary Young.
    • Prose poem.
    • Pulitzer Prize.

18. • Reading - Books on How to Read Poetry
    • Bernice Rendrick.
    • Renku.
    • Renku -- Mitsumono style.
    • Rengay. (The North American variation on Japanese linked verse.)
    • Rexroth: his Chinese poetry versions.
    • Review:
      • Modern Haiku: The Robert Spiess Memorial Issue (2002).
      • Dark God of Eros, a William Everson Reader reviewed by Gary Young.
      • Len Anderson's Affection for the Unknowable.
    • Rilke, Rainer Maria.
    • Rondeau. A French form. See also the Ballade and the Lai.
    • Rubáiyát.
    • Ryan, Kay. Poetic style of Kay Ryan. Kay Ryan The Best Of It: New and Selected Poems.

19. • Sappho.
    • Sarton, May.
    • Schwartz, Delmore.
    • Self-created form.htm.
    • Sestina.
    • Shakespeare, William. Comedies of William Shakespeare
    • Shapiro, Karl.
    • Shelley, Percy Bysshe.
    • Shiki (haiku).
    • Shirley, Aleda.
    • Skaldic verse.
    • Skaldic (Nordic) poets.
    • Snorri's Edda.
    • Sonnet
    • Spencer, Debra.
    • Strand, Clark (essays on haiku and Zen).
    • Stroud, Joseph.
    • Style Sheets - Strategies on Improved Use of Style Sheets
    • Sze, Arthur.

20. • Tabios, Eileen: her Hay(na)ku chapbook: The Singer and Others: Flamenco Hay(na)ku.
    • Takuboku.
    • Tanka.
    • Tanka Gang: Nectar Untouched Ichi Tanka Gang first chapbook (2011): Tanka of Peggy Heinrich, J. Zimmerman, and Patrick Gallagher.
    • Tanka surveys: analysis of the voice, emotions, person, and punctuation of English-language tanka.
    • Tan-renga.
    • Tate, James.
    • Teasdale, Sara.
    • Terza rima.
    • Trethewey, Natasha.
    • Triolet.
    • Tritina.
    • Twichell, Chase.

21. • Ueda on Tanka: Modern Japanese Tanka.
    • Uppercase: Remove Automatic Uppercase at the start of a Line in MS-Word: get the lowercase format that you want.

22. • Vengua, Jean: Interview with Jean Vengua, anthologist of Hay(na)ku.
    • Vengua, Jean: Poetry of Jean Vengua.
    • Villanelle.
    • Villon, François.

23. • White House Fears Poetry. Laura Bush cancels 2003 poetry symposium.
    • Women's great poems: 100 Essential Modern Poems By Women.
    • Wordsworth, William.
    • Wright, Franz.
    • Writing poetry: Exercises, Book Recommendations, and A Recipe.

25. • Young, Gary: on printing and poetry.
    • Yuki Teikei Haiku Society: Join. GEPPO magazine. Annual anthologies.
      The Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Retreat at Asilomar: 2007. 2008 (a haibun). 2010.

26. • Zagajewski, Adam - Without End: New and Selected Poems.
    • Zimmerman, J.: Published haiku (first published in Heron's Nest, Modern Haiku, etc.).
    • Zimmerman, J.: Published haibun.
    • Zimmerman, J.: Published poems (not haiku or tanka).
    • Zimmerman, J.: Published tanka (first published in moonset, Eucalypt, Ribbons, etc.).

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