In this volume, poetry anthologist Paul B. Janeczko and illustrator Chris Raschka present examples of twenty-nine poetic forms, demonstrating not only the (sometimes bendable) rules of poetry, but also the spirit that brings these forms to life. Featuring formal poems, some familiar and some never before published, from the likes of Eleanor Farjeon (aubade), X.J. Kennedy (elegy), Ogden Nash (couplet), Liz Rosenberg (pantoum), and William Shakespeare (sonnet), A Kick in the Head illustrates Robert Frost's maxim that poetry without rules is like a tennis match without a net.
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