Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetry

The author's choice of examples and explanation of the craft's intrinsic benefits.

Kenneth Koch should be remembered. Lucky all those who had him as a teacher or a friend.

I really enjoyed this. I never really "got" poetry, so I enjoy reading other people's journeys of how they fell in love with poetry and why. This book does a good job of explaining and demystifying poetry, making it more accessible. It just made me feel good.

As a struggling amateur poet, I found Kochs work so liberating. He reminded me that the purpose of poetry is to bring joy and delight, no matter what the form or content. As he did in his other books, he opens up the delight of reading AND speaking poetry.

Good boo

Get choice!

With a poetry class moving forward, without any regard for those poor folks that was waiting on Making Your Own Days to arrive...

Great book by a great writer and teacher. (The only bad thing about it is the cover.)

For my money the best book on reading and writing poetry out there. It's written with a love for language which shines off the page and the examples given represent a well-curated and very wide range of enjoyable poetry. If you want to better understand poetry, reading or writing, or if you want to revive your love of the genre then this is the book for you. First class.