Kirby David. Writing Poetry - Where poems come and how to write them

Cerebro Afrodita, 1997. — 124 p. — ISBN: 0-87116-171-0.This is a pretty good primer on writing poetry. Poems included as illustrations, some by the author, some by his students (very good too) and some by established poets.
It gets a bit dry at times, maybe technical; which is interesting after he spends a chapter promoting free verse and poetry without rules. But he justifies it in the end, and I suppose he is right. There is a glossary which is outstanding, and an index, which is helpful; and exercises.
I plan to spend more time with the ideas in this book if I can slow down from reading others long enough. Probably a good reference book.
Recommend for writers: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott and Poemcrazy by Susan Goldsmith Woolridge. Also, Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg