HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN POEM

Kate Clanchy has been teaching people to write poetry for more than twenty years. Her secret is simple: to share other poems. She believes poetry is like singing or dancing, and the best way to learn is to follow someone else. Here she shares the poems she has found provoke the richest response, the exercises that help to shape those responses into new poems, and the advice that most often helps writers - whether new or experienced - to strengthen their craft and develop their own voice.