Wednesday, March 4, 2015

SOLC4: Poemcrazy

Wooldridge, Susan. Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words. New York: Three Rivers, 1997. 
 
This week I started reading a book called Poemcrazy. This is a book about writing poems that also tells a couple of stories about the author and people she knows. It also gives some writing prompts or “practices” for the reader to try in order to improve their poetry. Some of the things are very simple, asking to write about a specific subject of topic. Others are a little more obscure. “Draw your name.” “Notice anything that spirals,” “Be open to unexpected words and adventures.” The book is creative, exciting, and fun to read. It teaches basics of writing poetry and coming up with ideas.
 
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4 comments:

  1. Interesting. So you are pretty much reading a textbook this week?

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  2. That seems like a really helpful book. I might try to read some of it sometime. Nice review as well.

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  3. That seems like a really helpful book. I might try to read some of it sometime. Nice review as well.

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  4. Glad you're enjoying it, Brynn. Write on!

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