Poemcrazy : Freeing Your Life with Words
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Poemcrazy : Freeing Your Life with Words
by Authors:
Susan G. Wooldridge
Released: 01 April, 1997
ISBN: 0609800981
Paperback
Sales Rank: 20,431
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Customer Review #1:
 Excellent for poets and creative writing teachers
Poemcrazy smoothly integrates Susan Wooldridges personal experiences and observations with wonderful suggestions for writing exercises! As a high school creative writing teacher, I find the book to be particularly useful when I am searching for ways to help me and my students approach familiar subjects from unexpected directions. Poemcrazy also helps get the mental ink flowing when it seems to be running dry. In terms of exercises, Poemcrazy is comparable to, but not quite on par with, Natalie Goldbergs "Writing Down the Bones." Still, even if you dont actually use the exercises, the narrative makes for interesting enough reading on its own.
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Customer Review #2:
"Poemcrazy" has me writing more introspective,symbolic poems
The title "Poemcrazy" caught my eye at the bookstore, and it has proven to become the most valuabe book on writing I have. Susan Wooldridge enabled me to write more introspective, symbolic poems. I began playfully collecting words, and concentrating for the first time on their music, instead of limiting myself to only their meanings. Following her simple directions and creative activities I began arranging words, finally tossing aside the internal editor that often cripples many a poet. The results were so astounding, so unlike my previous poetry, that I asked myself "Who wrote this?" In fact, the product from one interview activity (Who was I in your dream?) resulted in a poem that I submitted to a literary magazine, and the editor applauded the vivid imagery and rich symbolism. She enthusiastically accepted this poem for publication.
I hope that Susan Wooldridge continues to produce books full of similar exercises that prod the unconscious of the poet. The methods she presents are embraced with as much enthusiasm by the third graders I teach, as by the adults in my writing workshop.
This book is a MUST HAVE!
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Customer Review #3:
For artists in all media
Im a visual artist, not a poet or fiction artist. This small book made more difference in my artistic output this winter than any other influence. Ive ordered copies for my walking buddy (so we can share the excercises) and a writer friend in the cold north. Heart-full and not hokey...these chapters appeal to the 7th grade child in all of us. Before we knew what was "cool", we knew how to tap the muse.Order extra copies for all your friends!
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