How to Read a Poem

Tupelo Press offers a number of free PDF Reader’s Companions for its poetry books – some written by the authors, some including additional materials such as interviews. These are not simple guides, but more like supplemental readers! In the reader’s companion to her book, Pslams , Carol Ann Davis includes two pages on “How to Read a Poem.” This is a bonus stand-alone for teachers and readers, coursing through a serious of questions, coming to this final one: “Let the questions go until there’s only one remaining: How does it make you feel?”