Frog Praises Night: Poems with Commentary

By F. Richard Thomas

Through a fresh, imaginative format--prefaces and afterwords that sketch the character of the poet, that provide insight into how he writes and what inspires him--Richard Thomas has cap­tured in this book of his own poems the flavor and excitement of a poetry read­ing. The book's three sections (My Friends; My Loved Ones; My Self) not only showcase the poem but also ac­quaint the reader with the process of writing poetry.

Defining his goal in this book, Thomas says, "I hope untrained readers may better understand the ingredients of poetry--metaphor, ambiguity, mys­tery. As for experienced readers, I hope they will find the comments as interest­ing as those they might hear at a read­ing." This is a nondidactic book for creative writing classes and a text for both English education courses and lan­guage arts methods courses in educa­tion. And of course a book for those who appreciate poetry.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809309599
• ISBN13: 9780809309597
• Release Date: March 1980
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"