A First Book of Poetry: What is Poetry?

By Michael R. Ronk

A First Book of Poetry: What is Poetry? is a series of essays about the poetry that is all around us, whether the poetry is in words or sounds in traditional poetic forms or in those places we do not always associate as being poetry, such as in songs, speeches, letters, and prose. Some of the essays are academic in nature and make the argument that poetry is in fact all around us if we just choose to hear and see it as such. Other essays are of a personal nature. Yet at all times the attempt in these essays is to focus on what poetry is about: birth, life, love, and death. The picture on the cover is of the author's mother, mother to nine children. Her beauty was unquestionable. She died way too young. Hopefully, it is a fitting cover for her beauty represents the beauty that exists in the world and that life is precious and no matter how short it may be sometimes how important is it is to live and to love. That is what this book tries to say and if by chance it helps you or someone, in some small way, to better understand yourself or another, or maybe see the world a little differently, it will have been worth the effort but more importantly, will be worth your while.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1499625154
• ISBN13: 9781499625158
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"