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Getting the Knack: 20 Poetry Writing Exercises
by Stephen Dunning and William Stafford
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| Grades | 6 – 12 |
| Type | Book |
| Pages | 203 |
| Published | November 1992 |
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Dunning and Stafford, both widely known poets and educators, offer this delightful manual of exercises for beginning poets.
Dunning, Stephen, and William Stafford. 1992. "Found and Headline Poems." Getting the Knack: 20 Poetry Writing Exercises. Urbana, IL: NCTE.
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