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Author:

Wolf, Allan.

Title:

Immersed in verse : an informative, slightly irreverent & totally tremendous guide to living the poet's life / Allan Wolf ; illustrated by Tuesday Mourning.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Lark Books,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

112 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Poetry--Authorship.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 110) and indexes.

Contents:

Plunge into words -- Poetry & you: Of blooms & booms & secret rooms -- What kind of poet are you? -- Do you like poetry? (guided tour) -- Poem for all reasons -- Nine habits of highly successful poets -- Take the daily writing pledge -- Your poetry toolbox: How to (a-hem) read a poem -- Toys of the trade -- Poetic devices -- Anatomy of a poem -- Poet's decisions: Details, details -- Observations & explosions -- Project your image! -- Place your poems on the accessibility scale -- Point of view -- Tense -- Form -- Shaping words into a poem -- Play a structure -- Demonstration -- Revising your poems -- Always something to write about: Celebrate the mundane -- Journals: Your storage vault -- Mind games -- Jump starts -- Ta Da!: Presenting your work: Reading your poetry -- Performing your poetry -- Secrets of memorizing poetry -- Get published! -- Do it yourself -- Start a writer's group -- Promise: Warning a final word of hope.

Summary:

Contains advice, ideas, writing activities, and encouragement from a working poet for aspiring poets. Includes poems by a variety of poets from the unknown to the famous, including Langston Hughes, e.e. cummings, Eve Merriam, and more.

ISBN:

9781579906283
1579906281

LCCN:

2005024825

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

JSSX094 -- Janesville School Library (Janesville)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)