Narrative, a non-profit organization that houses a great online catalogue of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from "the best new and emerging writers," has a great link to
Writing: An Essay by W. H. Auden (who is obviously not a new or emerging writer, but this seems to fit in the writing guidance section). You can sign up for free to read the essay in its entirety online or print out the pdf.
Below is my favorite phrase from the essay, which, while a bit long, is quite enjoyable, frank, and as always with Auden, beautifully written:
"Poetry is not magic. In so far as poetry, or any other of the arts, can be said to have an ulterior purpose, it is, by telling the truth, to disenchant and disintoxicate."
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