NEW from Micol:
The Art and Craft of Poetry: Twenty Exercises toward Mastery.
This is a newly revised version of the course outline I used for my advanced poetry classes at Pepperdine University. The 150-page book combines discussions and assignments with models for each assignment--most of them student-written and selected as means of initiating inquiry into what creates strengths and weaknesses in poetry.
If you are interested in hearing more about The Art and Craft, please IM me or check out its online site at: http://www.shoppalstores.com/collings_handcr/index.cfm/fa/subcategories.main/parentcat/18821/subcatid/43992
Also:
* Naked to the Sun and Dark Transformations--science-fiction, fantasy, and dark fantasy prose and poetry, are available through Amazon.com.
* All Calm, All Bright: Christmas Offerings, a holiday prose and verse, is available from Wildside Press (and Amazon.com).
* The House Beyond the Hill, a novel of fear, is available from Wildside Press (a nd Amazon.com).
* Piers Anthony and Scaring Us to Death: The Impact of Stephen King on Popular Culture, critical and scholarly studies, are available through Wildside Press or Amazon.com
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My Poetry
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Batiste and Widor on the console-- Gentle melodies haunt
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With summer comes the triple-digit heat,
Its stultifying swell of mercury22 lines, 4 comments, July 1 -
The road, still roughly graveled, drops the length
Of a strong man’s throw, angles down between35 lines, 7 comments, July 1
My other items
- Column: Compression, Part III--Linking Verbs at allpoetry
- Column: COMPRESSION: PART II—ARTICLES [a, an, the] at allpoetry
- Column: Compression: Saying Much with Little at allpoetry
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Guestbook
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Aesthete2000 on June 23Hello, Micol.
Hope all is well with you!
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Sharcu on June 14Hi there
I've been told you are a great poet and wanted to stop by and say hey. I am currently cramming for finals (well, I'm taking a short break right now) but in the next few days once I've gotten that done I'll be back to read your work. 
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BookGirl on June 6Thank you VERY much for taking the time to comment on my "wannabe" sonnet. It was truly very helpful. I worked at it and tried my best but couldn't transform it into a sonnet. I'll have to try with something that isn't already formed, whenever I'm feeling daring.
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Aesthete2000 on May 17Looking in on a favorite poet...
Aesthete
