{"id":4957,"date":"2020-11-14T20:23:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T04:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lummoxpress.com\/lc\/?post_type=product&#038;p=4957"},"modified":"2020-11-16T23:31:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T07:31:49","slug":"broken-lines-the-art-craft-of-poetry","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.lummoxpress.com\/lc\/product\/broken-lines-the-art-craft-of-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Broken Lines &#8211; The Art &#038; Craft of Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>190 pages; 6 X 9 sized Trade Paperback<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>ISBN 978-1929878451<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIn <i>The Broken Lines<\/i>, Judith Skillman distills the wisdom gained from her long successful career as a poet into a succinct [number of] pages that are remarkable for their liveliness and enthusiasm as well as for their accessibility. Aspiring poets should find the practical advice she offers not only helpful but inspiring. \u2014Stephen Meats, Poetry Editor<i>, The <\/i><i>Midwest<\/i><i> Quarterly.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother highlight is Judith Skillman\u2019s [chapter] \u201cRevising Your Poetry Manuscript for Theme.\u201d Skillman\u2019s advice and exercises will be helpful to poets wondering how to arrange disparate poems into a coherent manuscript for submission to a first book contest or publisher.\u201d \u2014 excerpted from <i>RATTLE Magazine\u2019s<\/i> review of <i>Women on Poetry <\/i><\/p>\n<p>The goal of this book is to enable poets at all stages of development to move from their current stage or plateau to the next level in cultivating a unique voice and poetic music. This book encourages the student of poetry to entertain a kind of Zen consciousness, a \u201cBeginner\u2019s Mind\u201d\u2014for that is the only way to continue serenely in the business of writing poems. The work is cognizant of the fact that most often, if you ask a person why they write poetry, the answer will be \u201cBecause I have no choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This text can be used by a poet on his or her own, or it can become a tool in the classroom. Broken Lines contains chapters on theory and practice. Whether one is a beginning writer, has been writing for years and never taken a class, or has published work in journal and\/or book form, Broken Lines includes content to propel the writing life forward. \u2014 Judith Skillman, author of Broken Lines<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Broken Lines <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/poetraindog\/docs\/brokenline_e-sampler\">Sampler<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4958,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[292],"product_tag":[308,299],"class_list":{"0":"post-4957","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-books","7":"product_tag-judith-skillman","8":"product_tag-poetry-books","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"taxable","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lummoxpress.com\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lummoxpress.com\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lummoxpress.com\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lummoxpress.com\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lummoxpress.com\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lummoxpress.com\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=4957"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lummoxpress.com\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=4957"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lummoxpress.com\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=4957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}