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Summary: "Poemcrazy" has me writing more introspective,symbolic poems
Review: The title "Poemcrazy" caught my eye at the bookstore, and it has proven to become the most valuabe book on writing I have. Susan Wooldridge enabled me to write more introspective, symbolic poems. I began playfully collecting words, and concentrating for the first time on their music, instead of limiting myself to only their meanings. Following her simple directions and creative activities I began arranging words, finally tossing aside the internal editor that often cripples many a poet. The results were so astounding, so unlike my previous poetry, that I asked myself "Who wrote this?" In fact, the product from one interview activity (Who was I in your dream?) resulted in a poem that I submitted to a literary magazine, and the editor applauded the vivid imagery and rich symbolism. She enthusiastically accepted this poem for publication. I hope that Susan Wooldridge continues to produce books full of similar exercises that prod the unconscious of the poet. The methods she presents are embraced with as much enthusiasm by the third graders I teach, as by the adults in my writing workshop. This book is a MUST HAVE!
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Summary: "Poemcrazy" has me writing more introspective,symbolic poems
Review: The title "Poemcrazy" caught my eye at the bookstore, and it has proven to become the most valuabe book on writing I have. Susan Wooldridge enabled me to write more introspective, symbolic poems. I began playfully collecting words, and concentrating for the first time on their music, instead of limiting myself to only their meanings. Following her simple directions and creative activities I began arranging words, finally tossing aside the internal editor that often cripples many a poet. The results were so astounding, so unlike my previous poetry, that I asked myself "Who wrote this?" In fact, the product from one interview activity (Who was I in your dream?) resulted in a poem that I submitted to a literary magazine, and the editor applauded the vivid imagery and rich symbolism. She enthusiastically accepted this poem for publication.
I hope that Susan Wooldridge continues to produce books full of similar exercises that prod the unconscious of the poet. The methods she presents are embraced with as much enthusiasm by the third graders I teach, as by the adults in my writing workshop.
This book is a MUST HAVE!
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Summary: Unconventional Teacher
Review: This book is for anyone who has struggled to let their creative juices flow, or just wants more practice at it. It is filled with stories and fun exercises which truly help to aide the creative half of our brain. Afterall, we are all poets.
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Summary: Focus on your life
Review: This book is great for helping spur poetry writing- it has nice exercises and writing practice opportunities at the end of almost every chapter which could lead to some very interesting poems. But what I find even better about the book is that the essays encourage us to focus on our lives; to notice the little details that make up so much of poetry's spirit/blood/essence is also to live more fully in the present. Writing exercises include suggestions to walk in the park! To listen to kids! To look at the places that you live! Remember your dreams! This is poetry that is also life... and I think we could all, even non-poets, learn a way of living our lives outside of the daily fog of mundane tasks.
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Summary: ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!
Review: This book just sings to me! It's full of the energy that her ideas came from, and that very energy flies off the page and into the reader's pen! I carry it with me now, to get my hand moving when I'm trying to write prose. It helps me quiet "MonkeyMind" as Natalie Goldburg calls that annoying fellow that tries to scream louder than I do.
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Summary: Lilting and dancing...
Review: This book offers solid writing advice in a free-spirited and easy-going manner. It is a great book for beginning poets and can offer fresh insight to even the most jaded wordsmith. I recommend it to anyone with writer's block or any need of isnpiration.
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Summary: Lilting and dancing...
Review: This book offers solid writing advice in a free-spirited and easy-going manner. It is a great book for beginning poets and can offer fresh insight to even the most jaded wordsmith. I recommend it to anyone with writer's block or any need of isnpiration.
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Summary: Poemstimulating
Review: This is a great book. I am a writer and was not looking for a self-help book for poets, but this one was sheer fun. Play is such an important part of writing no matter what backdrop or form of playground you write in. This book had mentally stimulating activities that, whether you use them or not (I didn't, in fact), opened up a sense of possibility behind every creaking door, to write and play with words!
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Summary: For Beginners only
Review: This is a wonderful book for beginning poetry writers. It has excellent exercises and inspiring ideas about how and when you can write poetry, how to keep a journal, and how to get inspired. That said, this is not a book for experienced writers, who will undoubtedly find the exercises too simplistic and not helpful.
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Summary: Expanding your poetic horizens.
Review: This is a wonderful book that can be read by both poetic experts and those just starting to be interested in poetry. It really helped me to expand my poetic technique, and also taught me some things about myself as well. I reccomend this book to anyone interested in expanding their poetic horizens.
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