false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172844219m/222035.jpg 222035 2 <I>Poemcrazy</I> is the poetic analog to Anne Lamott's <I>Bird by Bird</I> or Natalie Goldberg's <I>Writing Down the Bones,</I> two classic works on how to forget that you "can't write" and just start the pen moving. Susan Wooldridge is a swimming instructor in the wide ocean of language, encouraging us to move ever farther from the shore, dive deep, and dance on the waves. 958097 1996 Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words total:184|5:79|4:68|3:30|2:6|1:1| 184 770 304 42 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 10:18:07 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 10:57:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Oct 09 17:53:15 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 17:47:57 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue May 19 12:15:01 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 12:22:14 -0700 2009 rules of poetry, this encourages us to ignore them, a while, and work instead with the essence of poetry- imagination and a playfulness with words.

This is not a book you read once and...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Dec 05 18:39:39 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 18:44:58 -0800 2008 "It's important to narrow everything down, make it as specific as you can, down to the tip of a blade of grass, or you'll leave the reader out. For emotion to arise, writing has to be very specific, describing a particular moment or experience ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Feb 15 11:03:43 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 11:05:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 07:29:42 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 07:30:45 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Apr 15 08:47:47 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 08:49:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 09:14:46 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 09:17:53 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 13:14:33 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 25 09:44:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 02 11:25:23 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 13:16:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 31 22:51:10 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 22:51:47 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 24 16:06:50 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 14:35:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 05 01:55:27 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 02 05:25:15 -0700 2009 Poemcrazy Freeing Your Life with Words]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Aug 27 21:36:52 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 11:02:30 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 20 12:50:07 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 12:50:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Feb 25 11:57:07 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 09:05:33 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 11:57:07 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Mar 30 01:39:54 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 01:44:09 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 17 21:21:25 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 09 14:45:42 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 06:59:07 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 07:02:15 -0800 2007
I'd recommend Stephen Fry's The Ode Less Travelled and Steve Kowit's In the Palm of Your Hand instead.]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 07 20:32:50 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 09 21:06:37 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=222035