The Craft: A Guide to Making Poetry Happen in the 21st Century ed. by Rishi Dastidar Simon Smith the need to go beyond

the need to go beyond oneself

Immerse yourself in poems by Carol Ann Duffy

surprised by the next turn in the line

getting older and having old parents

The Craft: A Guide to Making Poetry Happen in the 21st Century ed. by Rishi Dastidar Simon Smith the need to go beyondThe Craft is an indispensable guide to both the how and why of poetic craft in the 21st century, and essential writing desk companion for poets at all stages. The book covers practical techniques the nuts of bolts of putting poems together, mastering poetic forms such as sonnets, sestinas, prose poems and golden shovels, how to choose titles for your poems and the art of long sequences. It also explores the idea of craft itself knowing how pentameters