When my muse has gone on bvacation/b, I've often found it helpful to focus on a single poetic technique as a way to jump start inspiration. Usually, I open an old and much-loved poetry guide to a random page and choose the first topic I see. Today, I picked up "The Heath Guide to Poetry," (the book my 10th grade English teacher used). Much to my delight, ... Christine bKlocek/b-Lim: "We must not let misery take away our happiness."?Jack Gilbert. View my complete profile ...