Portable Poetry Workshop Book

	Preface
	Getting Started
Ch. 1	General Considerations	1
	Creativity and Consciousness	1
	Mental Preparation	5
	The Discovery Mode	9
	Associational Logic	18
Ch. 2	Generating Content	23
	Techniques for Generating Content	23
	Techniques for Elaborating Content	29
	Horizontal and Vertical Content	40
	Lateral and Digressive Moves	49
	Logopoetics	52
	Substitution	59
Ch. 3	Connecting Content	67
	The Image Narrative	67
	Cinematic Techniques	74
	Syntactical Transitions	83
	Semantic Springboards (Committing or Triggering Words)	88
	Thematic Shapes of Poems	92
Ch. 4	Imagery	109
	Aspects of Imagery	109
	From Factoids to Abstract Concepts	114
Ch. 5	Free Verse	127
	Tension	127
	The Conversational Mode	136
	Voice	139
	Tone	142
	Form	149
	The Movement of Line Endings in Free Verse	156
	Stanzas	160
	Sectioning	163
	Flow	165
	Punctuation by Means Other than Punctuation	171
	Sonics	174
	Scale of Textures	179
	The Flat Statement	183
Ch. 6	Types of Poems	191
	Generic Types	191
	Structural Types	212
	Specific Types of Poems	225
Ch. 7	Opening, Closing, Titling	249
	Openings	249
	Closings	253
	Titling	274
Ch. 8	Revision	281
	Reductive Revision	282
	Additive Revision	285
	Deep Revision	287
Ch. 9	Troubleshooting and Workshops	299
	Troubleshooting: Typical Problems of Control	300
	Workshop Mission Statement	310
	Workshop Models	310
	Workshop Protocol	312
	Reading Aloud	314
Ch. 10	Practical Matters	317
	Manuscript Submissions	317
	Structuring a Manuscript	321
	Poetry References	324
	Glossary	327
	Index	339
	Credits	347