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Writing Poetry from the Inside Out: Finding Your Voice Through the Craft of Poetry
In Writing Poetry from the Inside Out, poet and national poetry workshop leader, Sandford Lyne, offers the writing exercises, guidance, and encouragement you need to find the poet inside you. Lyne's techniques, which he developed through twenty years of teaching poetry workshops, flow from an understanding that poetry is an art form open to everyone. We all can-and should-...more
Paperback, 276 pages
Published
March 1st 2007
by Sourcebooks
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I think this is more to do with my poeming ability than the book, but I couldnt' get on with it all that well. It does though have some good points about it, which is why I gave it the rating I did. There are lots of great examples of people, from all walks of life, using the exercises in this book and coming out with some wonderful poetry. This alone encouraged me to keep trying. I loved the writing style of the book too--conversational without feeling as if it had been dummed down, and by no m...more
I loved this book. I borrowed it from my library on a whim and now will be buying a copy for myself, so I can revisit all of the exercises and work through them again. The best way I can describe this book is non-instruction in poetry. Through poem-sketching you take a series of words (examples in the back of the book in case you need them) and just let your ideas flow.
Many of Mr. Lyne's examples come from workshops in which he taught children. Giving his pupils and readers creative freedom, po...more
Many of Mr. Lyne's examples come from workshops in which he taught children. Giving his pupils and readers creative freedom, po...more
It’s the kind of title that my kind of person would be tempted to pick up. I checked the content page, chapters and a bit of writing, and got tempted in a minute. I think I haven’t found a better guide than this on writing poems. This is one of my passions that requires on going training. There is no way to perfect this, just excel to a level when people appreciate your work to your satisfaction.
Lyne's book is a great way to introduce novices not only to poetry writing, but also to making poetry a daily practice. I LOVE the poem-sketching. It's accessible to children and adults. A WONDERFUL book. I'm sorry that I was never able to meet him.
Very nice book on using langauge to paint with. If you've got time and an attention span I recommend it.
I liked that the book made me stop and think about why I do what I do (write poetry). The exercises and word groups are really good tools for breaking through blocks, too.
This is such a great resource for ANYONE who want to get their crative juices flowing. I cannot emphasize how much I love this book!
Oct 02, 2007
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Hopefully to make sense of my inclination to write poetry and rants that come out of that.
very helpful :)
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