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Resources on Writing Poetry for Teens and Adults

Some resources to help you get started writing poetry.

San José Public Library

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  • The Magic Words

    Simple Poetry Prompts That Unlock the Creativity in Everyone

    Fasano, Joseph, 1982-
    "[There are] fifty simple yet powerful prompts in this book are poems that you complete yourself. By adding just a few words of your own, you create something beautiful and wholly new—that comes from within. Discover the magic of putting your…
    Book, 2024New York : TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2024] — YA 808.1 Fasano
  • "100 imagination-stretching writing exercises inspired by the idea of creative constraints, from the author of The Making of a Story. When you are facing down a blank page (or screen), a constraint-based prompt-for example, "you must use the words…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023] — 808.02 LaPlante
  • Rules for the Dance

    a Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse

    Oliver, Mary, 1935-2019
    Book, 1998Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1998] — 821.009 Oliver
  • In the Palm of Your Hand

    a Poet's Portable Workshop : a Lively and Illuminating Guide for the Practicing Poet

    Kowit, Steve
    Book, 808.1 Kowit
  • Seeing the Blue Between

    Advice and Inspiration for Young Poets

    Book, YA 811.608 Seeing