How do you write a foreword for a book of poetry?
I have to write a foreword for a book of my own poetry for a school project. But I do not know how to write one. Any help will be greatly welcomed.
- stu
Tags: Poetry, School Project
January 9th, 2009 at 3:39 am
Stu,
The Forward should provide the reader with some insight of how you prepared to write the book of poems. It’s a sort of angle and orientation that will show the readers your experience of how you chose the material that is contained in the book.
It can say that you once spent a summer on a farm and realized what hard work it was, but also, how beautiful the sunrises and sunsets were. How each animal caught your attention and how you wrote down little snippets of detail every day.
It can say how you always enjoyed reading the great poets and how you began to write your own poems at an early age. Even if you went to writing classes at one time or another.
It’s just a bit of information to show the potential buyer that you know what you’re talking about.
I hope this helped.
PJ M