muccamukk is hosting an informal writing workshop using Ursula K. LeGuin's Steering the Crafthere. I think those exercises are well-suited for poetry--they're really about exploring writing basics:
The topics covered are:
The sound of language
punctuation, syntax, the narrative sentence and paragraph
rhythm and repetition
adjectives and adverbs
tense and person of the verb
voice and point of view
implicit narration: imparting information
crowding, leaping, focus, and control
which I think are useful things to return to and practice equally for poets and prose writers.
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which I think are useful things to return to and practice equally for poets and prose writers.