Poetry: Assonance, Metaphor and Imagery... Oh My!

So, I've been told I need to write more, since people (real people!) seem to enjoy reading my ramblings.
Whether that's a widely accepted opinion or not is still up for debate, but as I was made aware of it by my Creative Writing teacher (who is an actual writer) I think I'll take it. Here's a poem that she particularly liked; I'm not sure if it's one of my best pieces or not, though it's probably my best poem. It was originally supposed to be a narrative poem, but it has a ton of sound mechanics and such. I really have no idea how I got to writing on the topic it's about, but the direction of my thoughts rarely make sense to me, so I hope you like it:

Book Review: The Art of War (for Writers)

Recently, I read a great little book called The Art of War for Writers, by James Scott Bell. It's written in the style of, obviously, Sun Tzu, the ancient Chinese battle tactician and author of the original Art of War. Split into three parts, Bell's how-to-write novel isn't like most of it's genre; it doesn't teach basic writing principals, it doesn't give tedious examples of "good writing", it doesn't ask the question "What is writing?' and it certainly doesn't give impractical, fantastic examples of successful writing. It tells only what you need to know, nothing more, nothing less, while giving witty- and often thought provoking- quotes along the way.