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Richard Jones, “Boundaries” from The Blessing: New and Selected Poems. Copyright © 1991, 2000 by Richard Jones. Reprinted with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, www.coppercanyonpress.org
“The Giant Slide” from Flying at Night: Poems 1965 – 1985, by Ted Kooser, © 2005. Reprinted by permission of the University of Pittsburgh Press.
“Jade Flower Palace” By Tu Fu, Translated by Kenneth Rexroth, from One Hundred Poems from the Chinese, copyright © 1971 by Kenneth Rexroth. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.
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Lyne, Sandford.
Writing poetry from the inside out : finding your voice through the craft of poetry / Sandford Lyne.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Poetry--Authorship. I. Title.
PN1059.A9L96 2007
808.1--dc22
2007003025
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