The anthology suggestion is interesting. There are two that were given to me that I found very helpful. One called Rattle Bag, the other is The Voice That is Great Within Us.

I have not heard of the Turco book. I will look it up.

Part of my pain in this situation is that I am the occasional scribbler of verse, but this is the area of the Word in which I am most private and least comfortable. I would love to improve my own, except that I generally HATE poetry classes.