- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Random House USA Inc (23 Jan 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 051770370X
- ISBN-13: 978-0517703700
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Following the success of several recent inspirational and practical books for would-be writers, Poemcrazy is a perfect guide for everyone who ever wanted to write a poem but was afraid to try. Writing workshop leader Susan Wooldridge shows how to think, use one's senses, and practice exercises that will make poems more likely to happen.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you're looking for a book which gives you chapter and verse on form, style, meter etc.,this ain't it! If you want a book which puts you in touch with your own "inner poet" and jumpstarts your creativity to write genuine, quality poetry, then forget the rest, this is the best!
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84 of 84 people found the following review helpful
Reading this is like striking oil
25 April 2000
Format:Paperback
I was one of five people who started a weekly writing group last year. At first we languished a bit, trying to find a way to get ourselves going. Then one week I brought in my little stash of word tickets I had made after reading Poemcrazy. It was as though a sudden rain had made the desert bloom. We have been pouring out poems and stories and vignettes at a rare clip ever since.
One of the most important things about the techniques the author presents is that they force one away from contemplating one's own belly-button, so to speak, and bring one's attention to the limitless possibilities for poetry that spring forth when chance words and phrases put the imagination in overdrive. Too often writers of my generation think that poetry has to be about our deepest and most dramatic emotions, which often leads to some pretty deadly stuff being committed to paper. But when you pull out word tickets that say things like "fronds" and "slashed" and "cutting up the remnants," it's hard to be self-absorbed. In fact, it's hard to be anything but deeply original.
Everyone I have introduced to the author's exercises and methods has fallen in love with them. Even my six-year-old nephew became enamored and proceeded to rename everything and everyone in his environment--a procedure that created some hilarious yet apposite new names. (I am now "Needs to sing," his sister is "Pistachio," his grandmother is "Finding secrets....")
I adore this book.
38 of 38 people found the following review helpful
This Book Soothed My Spirit!
20 Aug 2005
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Reading this book was soothing to my spirit, calming, a balm.
I like Wooldridge's writing style very much; I would describe it as gentle, casual and very clear.
I love how she consistently makes references to the outdoors, nature and the pastoral way of living throughout.
Within its pages you will become acquainted with such things as: wordpools, word tickets and the image angel.
The book is divided into 5 sections; each section averages right around 10 to 12 chapters. All the chapters are either short or very short. I found that very refreshing, like sips of cool water. Take a small drink, stop and think. Take another sip... At the end of most chapters there is a "Practice" which is nothing more than a simple non-threatening creative exercise or suggestion; they are genuinely good ideas in my opinion, practical and clear.
I think that the overall message from the author is that poetry is freedom when all the restrictions are removed and when you allow yourself to look for poems everywhere, because that's where they are, everywhere.
I recommend this book without any reservations.
I like Wooldridge's writing style very much; I would describe it as gentle, casual and very clear.
I love how she consistently makes references to the outdoors, nature and the pastoral way of living throughout.
Within its pages you will become acquainted with such things as: wordpools, word tickets and the image angel.
The book is divided into 5 sections; each section averages right around 10 to 12 chapters. All the chapters are either short or very short. I found that very refreshing, like sips of cool water. Take a small drink, stop and think. Take another sip... At the end of most chapters there is a "Practice" which is nothing more than a simple non-threatening creative exercise or suggestion; they are genuinely good ideas in my opinion, practical and clear.
I think that the overall message from the author is that poetry is freedom when all the restrictions are removed and when you allow yourself to look for poems everywhere, because that's where they are, everywhere.
I recommend this book without any reservations.
30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Poemcrazy: The Best Book I've Ever Read!
23 Mar 2001
Format:Paperback
A friend of mine picked up this book when we were in a book store, knowing that I had come to an almost sudden halt in my poetry writing for the past year or so after having been a poet for four or five years. I was pretty depressed about my writer's block, so I thought, "What the heck," and I bought the book. Not long into the book, which is magnificently written, I began to write again. I haven't stopped since, and my poetry has made massive improvement. The book helps to inspire and recreate that passion that writers can sometimes lose in the midst of the stresses of our days and our constant state of change and growth. --And best of all, it's fun, easy reading!
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