English Faculty Book Gallery
Title
The Poetry Gymnasium
Files
Description
This book contains ninety-four exercises designed to inspire creativity and help poets hone their skills. Each exercise includes a clearly-stated learning objective, historical background matter on the particular subgenre being explored, and an example written by students at Western Kentucky University. The text also contains model poems by leading American poets including Sherman Alexie, Billy Collins, Denise Duhamel, and Dean Young. The book’s five chapters correspond with the five canons of classical rhetoric: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery.
ISBN
978-0-7864-6514-9
Publication Date
2012
Publisher
McFarland Publishing
Disciplines
Poetry
Recommended Citation
Hunley, Tom, "The Poetry Gymnasium" (2012). English Faculty Book Gallery. 15.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/english_book/15
Comments
Tom C. Hunley is an associate professor of English at Western Kentucky University and the director of Steel Toe Books. His work has appeared in many literary periodicals, such as TriQuarterly, Five Points, North American Review and New York Quarterly. He is the author of several poetry collections and divides his time between Kansas and Oz.