A strikingly original poet, Kenneth Koch has also been an equally inventive and radical writer about poetry. His critical work has mainly taken the form of poems about poetry and books about teaching the writing of poetry to schoolchildren. This is a creative and eminently active kind of criticism that forsakes theory for practice and that never leaves critical opinion unsupported by the energy and excitement of poetry itself. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.