Craft and method

Shweta Shirsat

Shweta Shirsat writes about how poems are actually built. She is the author of The 30-Minute Poet and the Poetic Weaver method books, and she coauthors the craft list with Luv.

The books

Reading the Poem BackwardShweta Shirsat and Luv

A Poetic Weaver Method Book

Reading the Poem Backward

Most revision advice tells you to read your poem again. This one tells you to read it from the last line up, take things away, and put back only what the poem asks for.

Shweta Shirsat and Luv

How the Love Poem WorksShweta Shirsat and Luv

A Poetic Weaver Method Book

How the Love Poem Works

Forty love poems from the public domain, opened up on the table with the parts laid out beside them. Then you build one.

Shweta Shirsat and Luv

The Stoic TwentiesShweta Shirsat and Luv

The Stoic Twenties

Fifty things worth knowing before the decade closes, each with a reflection and one action small enough to actually do.

Shweta Shirsat and Luv