Reviews

The Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics by Lewis Turco

lanceschaubert's review

5.0

When poets ask me where they should start, I offer them [b:Letters to a Young Poet|46199|Letters to a Young Poet|Rainer Maria Rilke|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1321994947l/46199._SY75_.jpg|1208289] for motivation, some modern and classic poems, and The Book of Forms. I sort of cobbled this book together from my experience as a freshman in college and have continued adding to it, but had I encountered it early from the advice of my older time traveling self, I would have told me, "Try every form in this book. And then do it again. And then do it once more. Then change subject matter and do it again."

There's also a free poetry resource page on my site:

http://lanceschaubert.org/free-stuff-batman/resources-and-samples/

m_figg's review against another edition

4.0

Handy reference book and easy to navigate.