Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens: On Reading and Writing Poetry Forensically -- Paisley Rekdal, Paperback Automotive who didn't grow up in

who didn't grow up in Streetlight and is one of the few who knows that life--real life--exists outside of it

and a succubus under his belt

you really can count the dogs on each page

Meet unexpected underseas denizens and enter fascinating worlds within worlds in this entrancing celebration of imagination

Gods are forbidden in the kingdom of Middren

Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens: On Reading and Writing Poetry Forensically -- Paisley Rekdal, Paperback Automotive who didn't grow up inWhat makes reading a poem unlike reading anything else? In Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens, acclaimed poet and teacher Paisley Rekdal demonstrates how to observe the building blocks of a poem including its diction, form, imagery, and rhythm and construct an interpretation of its meaning. Using guided close readings and nearly 40 creative and critical "experiments," this book shows how a poem takes shape through the intersection of all its lyric