By John Drury ISBN 0-89879-443-9; $18.99; 224 pages; Hardcover In this book, John Drury encourages the student's exploration and practice, offering hundreds of provocative exercises along with countless tips covering every step involved in creating poetry. Students will learn how to take advantage of the full array of poetic forms, to open themselves to all the potential sources of poetry-all around them and within themselves. They will find help on beginning the poem, including the use of the senses, spiritual exercises and a list of suggested reading. Students will also find specific examples of patterns and traditions in poetry including ballads, sequences and sonnets. And they will find insight into the final process of ending a poem, with advice on revision, mistakes and omissions. Each of the twelve chapters is a self-contained unit offering an overview of material in the chapter, a definition of terms, and poetry examples-designed to supplement the numerous exercises. Students can turn to a specific chapter for help in a particular area that is giving them trouble, or they can use each chapter in conjunction with the other chapters. Information on submitting poetry for publication completes this comprehensive guide. No matter what style or level of experience,Creating Poetry offers insightful, thoughtful and motivationg instruction, all of which will make the student's path to poetry writing a richer path to travel.