How do I get into writing poetry? Are there any good books on

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>>9413916
>I haven't read much poetry but I am genuinely interested

my friend, how do you not see this as your primary concern? If you cannot recite several poems from several famous poets, there isn't even a chance you can write any worthwhile poetry. Poetry is similar to math in many ways and should be studied as such...

abc of reading by pound has some general tips

1. Read poetry
2. Read poetry
3. Masturbate to anime
4. Read some more poetry
5. Think about reasons you enjoyed some poems and didn't enjoy others
6. Try to apply these reasons to your writing

7. (optional) Study the principles of meter, unless you want to be a disgusting free verse fag forever

>>9414277
I understand the "read poetry" part, that's given.

I'm inquiring more specifically on the structure of the poem. I know that free verse non rhyming poetry is hip and cool now, but I'd rather approach it at a more classical fashion. Are there any good resources in studying meter and structure? Is rhyming words optional?

>>9413916
Read poetry.
Take courses (these are rare, but you can definitely find some)

Writting something shitty is not that hard, however writing even remotely worthwile poetry is much harder than writing decent prose, and takes much more skill and effort, as well as theoretical knowledge.

>>9413916
>I haven't read much poetry
Then you're clearly not interested in poetry. FFS don't try to write any.

Poetic Form & Poetic Meter by Paul Fussell