Volume I, 2006 Interviews and essays by Dana Gioia, Rachel Hadas, and R.S. Gwynn.  Poetry by Wendy Cope, Rhina Espaillat, R.S. Gwynn, Seamus Heaney, Mark Jarman, Donald Justice, X.J. Kennedy, David Mason, Wyatt Prunty, Timothy Steele, Derek Walcott, Richard Wilbur, and others.

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Interviews and essays by Andrew Hudgins, Frederick Turner, and Miller Williams. Poetry by Dick Davis, Rachel Hadas, Seamus Heaney, Mark Jarman, Allison Joseph, X.J. Kennedy, Kate Light, Brad Leithauser, David Mason, W.D. Snodgrass, A.E. Stallings, Richard Wilbur, and others.

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Volume 3, Issue 1, 2008 Interviews and essays by Mary Jo Salter and Frederick Turner.  Poetry by William Baer, Tony Barnstone, Catharine Savage Brosman, Rachel Hadas, Mark Jarman, Allison Joseph, X.J. Kennedy, David Middleton, Michael Schmidt, R.T. Smith, Richard Wakefield, Deborah Warren, and others.

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Volume III, Issue 2, 2008 
Interviews and essays by John DuVal, R.S. Gwynn, Al Maginnes, Charles Rafferty, and Thom Satterlee. Poetry by Turner Cassity, Lewis Turco, X.J. Kennedy, April Lindner, Susan McLean, Leslie Monsour, Jennifer Reeser, James Whitehead, John Whitworth, and others.

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Volume IV, Issue 1, 2009 Interviews and essays by William Baer, X.J. Kennedy, David Middleton, and Timothy Steele. Poetry by Bruce Bond, Turner Cassity, Michael Heffernan, A.M. Juster, Paul Lake, Alexis Levitin, Wyatt Prunty, J. Allyn Rosser, Roy Scheele, Lisa Williams, and others.

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Volume IV, Issue 2, 2009 
This issue features poetry by and an interview with Miller Williams, as well as new work by William Baer, Carrie Jerrell, Mark Jarman, April Lindner, Greg Brownderville, Susan McLean, John Whitworth, and Greg Williamson, among many others.

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Volume VI, Issue 1, 2011 This issue features prose from Seamus Heaney and A.E. Stallings, and new poetry from Thomas Lynch, Lucinda Roy, H.L. Hix, Rachel Hadas, Richard Wakefield, Wilmer Mills, Bruce Bond, John DuVal, Tony Barnstone, Len Krisak, Jennifer Reeser, A.M. Juster, Ernest Hilbert, Michael Catherwood, Allison Joseph, Andrew Hudgins, Moore Moran, and many ohters.

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Volume VI, Issue 2, 2011 Interviews and essays by Maryann Corbett and Rhina Espaillat.  Poetry by Tony Barnstone, John Ciardi, Wesli Court, Philip Dacey, Jehanne Dubrow, B.H. Fairchild, Qiuincy Lehr, Amit Majmudar, Susan McLean, Burt Myers, Don Paterson, Roy Scheele, and others.

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Write poetry in the great metrical tradition of Dante, Shakespeare, Dickinson, Frost, and the poets of the current Formalist revival. In this contemporary guide, you'll learn how to write metrical poetry in all the major forms, from blank verse and quatrains to sonnets and villanelles. Each chapter provides step-by-step instruction that's accessible and easy to understand for even the beginning poet. This book includes unique features difficult to find anywhere else: Essential but non-intimidating instruction on meter and rhyme; Focused assignments detailing how to make your first attempt at a specific form; Illuminating discussions on pop culture, figures of speech, difficult themes, and other important topics; An engaging overview of poetry's history, and why it's important to learn the traditional forms; Complementing the instruction are many classic and contemporary poems, including recent work by Richard Wilbur, Wendy Cope, X.J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia, Rachel Hadas, Wyatt Prunty, Alicia Stallings, and many others; Writing Metrical Poetry is the perfect course in metrical poetry for the person working alone or working in the classroom.

Writing Metrical Poetry

Baer, William

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