Teaching Poetry Writing

1. It Doesn't Work For Me: A Critique of the Workshop Approach to Teaching Poetry Writing and a Suggestion For Revision
2. Rhetorical Theory as a Basis for Poetry Writing Pedagogy
3. Towards an Art of Poetic Invention
4. Some Specifics about the General: Arrangement
5. Elements of Poetic Style
6. Poetry Writing Instruction and the Forgotten Art of Memory
7. Delivery: Bringing the Words into the World
8. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackboard Page
9. Conclusion

"Tom Hunley’s Teaching Poetry Writing: A Five-Canon Approach is one of the most inventive and exciting poetry writing handbooks I have ever read. Combining the ancient rhetorical tradition with contemporary literature and technology, Hunley shows us how the teaching of poetry writing can be systematic and imaginative, grounded in the literary past and innovative, pedagogically tough-minded and fun. For its thoroughness, its clear and vigorous prose, its engaging wit, and groundbreaking recommendations, I would recommend this book and the approach it advocates to any teacher of creative writing at any level, undergraduate or graduate.”"