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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Saved by a Poem, you really should read this book!
23 Oct 2009
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This book should be required reading in high schools or colleges before the classics are forced down our throats. It really opens up your mind to understand the power of poetry to heal and transform your mind and your life. Kim writes from a deep place of knowing after having lived and learned the lessons she is imparting in the book. While reading it, I was inspired to start memorizing poems that touched me, and finding more of them. What totally surprised me was how easy it was to memorize them after taking Kim's advice to heart. I had always felt that I was no good at memorizing anything. I even bought a huge book of poems that came with 3 cd's of poets reading their own work; it really is so much easier to get the magic of poetry when you hear it spoken. "Saved by a Poem" has helped to start a new cycle of transformation in my life; it has opened me up to looking at things from new and exciting angles. Thank you Kim!
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Saved by a poem? Yes, it's possible!
28 Sep 2009
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Kim Rosen suggests that poems are prayers--of joy, pain, love, wonder, wisdom--and to recite a poem from memory is food for the spirit. I bought the book last week and have begun to take poems to heart by memory and it has been, truly, a transformative experience. Kim suggests that a poem that speaks to you, when taken to heart, will continue to reveal truths over time...and my short experience with this process makes me realize I might have healed more quickly in difficult times if I had opened myself up to poetry in the past. Too often I have felt I couldn't relate to poetry and Kim's reflections make me wonder whether I erred on the side of analytical interpretation rather than acceptance--certainly hearing a poem spoken out loud makes a huge difference. She shares her own personal stories of how poems have shaped her life, provided insight at crucial moments, and turned her from deep depression. A whole chapter on practices on how to take a poem to heart is helpful. The CD is a gift beyond words--poems spoken by poets who then share what the poem means to them, with the lovely music of Jamie Sieber's cello in the background. I recommend this book wholeheartedly with great joy...and hope to gather a circle of friends to share poems with each other--to celebrate, to ponder, to connect closer to each other--we are even considering a conference via Skype from around the world. What a wonderful gift for yourself or a friend.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Inspirational
22 Feb 2010
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Kim Rosen's book was truly transformative. For people who are just beginning to work with poems, either writing them or reading them, this book is a must read. It is not a book on crafting poems, but the reader will learn about as much in that area as in a book that deals with craft. The reader will mostly learn about the critical importance of reading poetry out loud. The "cure" is in reading out loud and Ms. Rosen gives very clear insight into the research behind the findings about reading aloud.
Reading this book has given this reader new motivation into editing and revising her own poetry to go along with some of the suggestions from Ms. Rosen. My poetry may have been saved by this book.
Kudos to Kim Rosen.
Reading this book has given this reader new motivation into editing and revising her own poetry to go along with some of the suggestions from Ms. Rosen. My poetry may have been saved by this book.
Kudos to Kim Rosen.
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