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Immersed in verse : an informative, slightly irreverent & totally tremendous gui
Wolf, Allan.
Children's Fiction PN1059.A9 W65 2006
Wolf, Allan.
Children's Fiction PN1059.A9 W65 2006
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| Contents | Page |
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| Plunge into Words | p. 6 |
| Poetry & You | p. 8 |
| Of Blooms & Booms & Secret Rooms | p. 9 |
| What Kind of Poet Are You? | p. 12 |
| Do You Like Poetry? (A Guided Tour) | p. 14 |
| A Poem for All Reasons | p. 20 |
| The Nine Habits of Highly Successful Poets | p. 22 |
| Take the Daily Writing Pledge | p. 26 |
| Your Poetry Toolbox | p. 28 |
| How to (a-hem) Read a Poem | p. 28 |
| Toys of the Trade | p. 29 |
| Poetic Devices | p. 33 |
| Anatomy of a Poem | p. 41 |
| The Poet's Decisions | p. 44 |
| Details, Details | p. 45 |
| Observations & Explosions | p. 47 |
| Project Your Image! | p. 48 |
| Place Your Poems on the Accessibility Scale | p. 49 |
| Point of View | p. 51 |
| Tense | p. 52 |
| Form | p. 53 |
| Shaping Words into a Poem | p. 55 |
| Play with Structure | p. 57 |
| A Demonstration | p. 59 |
| Revising Your Poems | p. 62 |
| Always Something to Write About | p. 66 |
| Celebrate the Mundane | p. 66 |
| Journals: Your Storage Vault | p. 68 |
| Mind Games | p. 70 |
| Jump Starts | p. 86 |
| Ta Da!: Presenting Your Work | p. 90 |
| Reading Your Poetry | p. 90 |
| Performing Your Poetry | p. 92 |
| The Secrets of Memorizing Poetry | p. 94 |
| Get Published! | p. 97 |
| Do It Yourself | p. 98 |
| Start a Writer's Group | p. 102 |
| A Promise. A Warning. A Final Word of Hope | p. 104 |
| Appendix A - Selected Poems | p. 105 |
| Appendix B - Selected Poets | p. 106 |
| Appendix C - Publishing Resources for Young Poets | p. 107 |
| Glossary | p. 108 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 110 |
| Credits | p. 111 |
| Acknowledgments & Index | p. 112 |
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