The Craft: A Guide to Making Poetry Happen in the 21st Century ed. by Rishi Dastidar Simon Smith do battle with the slings

do battle with the slings and arrows of ageing

What a blessing and burden to write out of the manifold possibilities of that contact

They are soothing and carefully chosen to purge melancholy

surprised by the next turn in the line

The Craft: A Guide to Making Poetry Happen in the 21st Century ed. by Rishi Dastidar Simon Smith do battle with the slingsThe Craft is an indispensable guide to both the how and why of poetic craft in the 21st century, and essential writing desk companion for poets at all stages. The book covers practical techniques the nuts of bolts of putting poems together, mastering poetic forms such as sonnets, sestinas, prose poems and golden shovels, how to choose titles for your poems and the art of long sequences. It also explores the idea of craft itself knowing how pentameters