Behn, Robin, The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises from Poets Who Teach, Collins, 1992.

This book is ideal for anyone who wants to learn to write poetry. The book consists of a series of exercises designed to help would-be poets find their own poetic voices and begin writing.

Germin, Pamela, Sweeping Beauty: Contemporary Women Poets Do Housework, University of Iowa Press, 2005.

This appropriately titled collection focuses on what women most often do in the home: housework. Many of the poems will make readers laugh, but many more will cause readers to sit up and take notice of the exceptional women poets who have written them, turning even housework into art.

Giunta, Edvige, Writing with an Accent: Contemporary Italian American Women Writers, Palgrave, 2002.

This book examines the ways in which Italian American women poets use their poetry as a way to identify and explore their Italian heritage...