Writing Poems

Writing Poems
Author: Michelle Boisseau
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2004
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780321094230

This book offers comprehensive coverage of the creative process and the technical aspects of writing poetry. Filled with practical advice and numerous examples,Writing Poems is appropriate for both the beginning and advanced poet. Its anthology of classic and contemporary poems enlivens its readers' understanding of poetry, illustrates poetic principles, and, above all, inspires writing. With clear explanations, a lively presentation, and in-depth discussions, this book demystifies the process of writing poems and provides the guidance needed to help writers improve their craft. For anyone interested in writing poetry

Things to Do

Things to Do
Author: Elaine Magliaro
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2017-02-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1452139784

With playful prose and vivid art, Things to Do brings to life the small moments and secret joys of a child's day. There are wonders everywhere. In the sky and on the ground—blooming in a flower bed, dangling from a silken thread, buzzing through the summer air—waiting ...waiting to be found. In this thoughtful and ingenious collection of poems, Elaine Magliaro, an elementary school teacher for more than three decades and a school librarian for three years, and illustrator Catia Chien provide a luminous glimpse of the ordinary wonders all around us. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which looks almost identical to the print edition.

Write Your Own Poems

Write Your Own Poems
Author: Jerome Martin
Publisher: Write Your Own
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-09-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781474950879

Whether you want to dash off a limerick, ponder a sonnet or plot an epic poem, this write-in activity book is here to help. Each page is bursting with tips and inspiration for writing all kinds of poems - and inventing brand new styles too. With links to websites where you can listen to many of the poems in this book, and find more helpful writing tips.

Writing Poems

Writing Poems
Author: Peter Sansom
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1994
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Drawing on his extensive experience of poetry workshops and courses, Peter Sansom shows would-be poets how to write better, how to write authentically, and how to say genuinely what is to be said. He illustrates his book with many useful examples, covering the areas of writing techniques and procedures and drafting.

A Poetry Handbook

A Poetry Handbook
Author: Mary Oliver
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1994
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780156724005

With passion, wit, and good common sense, the celebrated poet Mary Oliver tells of the basic ways a poem is built-meter and rhyme, form and diction, sound and sense. Drawing on poems from Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and others, Oliver imparts an extraordinary amount of information in a remarkably short space. "Stunning" (Los Angeles Times). Index.

Red Mother

Red Mother
Author: Laurel Radzieski
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: American poetry
ISBN: 9781630450540

In Red Mother Laurel Radzieski weaves a love story told from the perspective of a parasite. This series of short poems explores the intimacy we all experience by following the sometimes tender, often distressing relationship that emerges between a parasite and its host. Radzieski's poetry is playful, though often with sinister undertones.

Writing Simple Poems

Writing Simple Poems
Author: Vicki L. Holmes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2001-07-16
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0521785529

Writing Simple Poems is a resource book that shows teachers how to use poetry writing to teach grammar and writing conventions. Appropriate for any age or fluency level, the book can be used by ESL, foreign language, or bilingual teachers as an adjunct to their writing program. Regular classroom teachers will find it useful for language arts. The first part of the book focuses on methodology and offers suggestions for ways to integrate poetry writing with the curriculum. The second part of the book contains twenty-five easy-to-follow lesson plans, each with poetry models and sample poems written by students of various ages and linguistic backgrounds. The third part of the book offers an index of teaching points and a glossary of grammar terms.

The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry

The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry
Author: Kim Addonizio
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2010-11-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0393340880

From the nuts and bolts of craft to the sources of inspiration, this book is for anyone who wants to write poetry-and do it well. The Poet's Companion presents brief essays on the elements of poetry, technique, and suggested subjects for writing, each followed by distinctive writing exercises. The ups and downs of writing life—including self-doubt and writer's block—are here, along with tips about getting published and writing in the electronic age. On your own, this book can be your "teacher," while groups, in or out of the classroom, can profit from sharing weekly assignments.

The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing

The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing
Author: Richard Hugo
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1992-08-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0393077446

"Richard Hugo's free-swinging, go-for-it remarks on poetry and the teaching of poetry are exactly what are needed in classrooms and in the world."—James Dickey Richard Hugo was that rare phenomenon of American letters—a distinguished poet who was also an inspiring teacher. The Triggering Town is Hugo's now-classic collection of lectures, essays, and reflections, all "directed toward helping with that silly, absurd, maddening, futile, enormously rewarding activity: writing poems." Anyone, from the beginning poet to the mature writer to the lover of literature, will benefit greatly from Hugo's sayd, playful, profound insights and advice concerning the mysteries of literary creation.