If you teach poetry or creative writing at the introductory level (high school or universty), and are interested in using an anthology for you or your students to use during the semester this coming fall or spring, consider this fine collection of essays: https://www.blacklawrence.com/far-villages-welcome-essays-for-new-and-beginner-poets/
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Stephen Page 
Hi Stephen,
Can you tell me more about this anthology? What topics do the essays cover? Does it include writing exercises?
I create workshops and retreats and often have writers new to or hesitant to try a poem.
Thanks, Dawn
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Poetry manuals, at their most essential, are aimed at demystifying aspects of poetry, in order to make poetry less daunting – especially for beginner poets. Such manuals are also reminders that poetry itself is a discipline with a landscape and a history. Far Villages builds on the body of work in this tradition by bringing a number of established and emerging poets together in a single volume to welcome new and beginner poets to the art of poetry, its craft, and the long journey within it.
Contributors to this anthology include:
Abayomi Animashaun, Jose Araguz, Stacey Balkun, Chaun Ballard, Christine Beck, David Bergman, Marina Blitshteyn, Michelle Bonczek, DanielBosch, Zoe Brigley, Aaron Brown, Guillermo Cancio-Bello, Rob Carney, Kelly Cherry, Michael Collins, Tasha Cotter, Rishi Dastidar, Noah Davis, Victoria L. Davis, Todd Fleming Davis, Jaydn DeWald, Melanie Faith, Jenny Ferguson, Kyle Flak, Leonard Franzen, Robbie Gamble, John Guzlowski, David Harris, Duane L. Herrmann, Jon Hoel, Natalie Homer, Kathryn Hummel, Ashton Kamburoff, Laura Kaminski, C. Kubasta, John Langfeld, Joan Leotta, Tanis MacDonald, David Maduli, Katie Manning, Michael Martin, Jason McCall, Nathan McClain, J.G. McClure, Megan Merchant, Amy Miller, Norman Minnick, Jennifer Moore, James B. Nicola, Dike Okoro, Stephen Page, Gillian Parrish, Barbara Perry, Kevin Pilkington, Darby Price, Jessamine Price, Michael Rather, Jr., Nancy Reddy, Christine Riddle, John Robinson, Diana Rosen, Helen Ruggieri, Claudia Savage, Nancy Scott, David Shumate, Linda Simone, Tara Skurtu, Carol Smallwood, Emily Stoddard, WhitneySweet, Thom Tammaro, Sophia Terazawa, Kari Treese, J.S. Watts, Kari Wergeland, Ben White
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Ooh! I love this book, love hearing others speak about their craft, their muses and monsters. Filled to the brim with all things poetry, this book offers beginners (and experienced writers because there is always something more to learn) a place to start, where to go next—and what might happen there. These essays are enabling and encouraging and useful. They speak not only to process but also to the life of the poet, the business of poetry and the need for literary citizenship and community. This is a book I’ll return to again and again! Readers will, too. And get a fountain pen!!
—Karla Huston, Wisconsin Poet Laureate 2017—2018
More than a window, a welcome. Thoughtfully crafted—full of wisdom and practical advice—this book offers an invitation into the world of poetry, demystifying the writing process and dismantling the lore that often prevents emerging writers from seeing themselves as poets. Far Villages: Welcome Essays for New & Beginner Poets is essential reading for anyone with tattered notebook pages that curl and lift into wings. Whoever you are, whoever you wish to become through language, this book is for you.
—Amy Ash
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