Poets' Tools

Be sure you have

Dictionaries - the more the merrier

I use The Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus a lot, but have several other dictionaries around for when that one fails me.

Thesauruses - one or more

Rhyming Dictionaries - You'll need at least one.

I use "New Rhyming Dictionary and Poets' Handbook: A Stimulating Storehouse of Words and Rhymes for the Writer"  


Books on Poetry - Recommendations:

"Strong Measures: Contemporary American Poetry in Traditional Forms"  

Useful Web sites:

http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/poetterm.html

http://janhaag.com/PODesIntro.html