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| Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out | 
 enlarge | Author: Ralph Fletcher
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Category: Book
List Price: $5.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 49982
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.4
ISBN: 0380797038
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.1
EAN: 9780380797035
ASIN: 0380797038
Publication Date: March 1, 2002
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Product Description
Maybe you've heard before that poetry is magic, and it made you roll your eyes, but I believe it's true. Poetry matters. At the most important moments, when everyone else is silent, poetry rises to speak. I wrote this book to help you write poems and to give practical ideas for making your poems sound the way you want them to sound. We're not going to smash poems up into the tiniest pieces. This book is about writing poetry, not analyzing it. I want this book to help you have more wonderful. moments in the poetry you write. I want you to feel the power of poetry. it's my hope that through this book you will discover lots of ways to make your poems shine, sing, soar... -- Ralph Fletcher
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 Inspiring book will make you want to write poetry even if you haven't ever done that March 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As usual, Ralph Fletcher makes you itch to put pencil to paper and write, write, write.
Great for older kids and adults October 10, 2005
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed the details in this book about from where poetry stems. I loved the idea of just watching the wolrd around you and seeing if a poem somes to you. It does! My only concern is the book uses language that would be too difficult for the average 5th-6th grader to understand. I like that poems from kids are included, but this book seems more appropriate for a teacher to reach and intergrate into his/her curriculum.
 A book for beginners September 29, 2005
10 out of 21 found this review helpful
Here's what I didn't like: the personal approach to poetry writting, using as examples personal anecdotes at the beginning of some chapters; the use of bad poems written by students instead of poems written by great poets; the superficial approach to poetry writting.
This is a book suitable for the very beginners. It wont satisfy poetry readers as well as poets.
Sorry... that's what I think!
This is a Great Book for learning how to write poetry! June 19, 2004
10 out of 15 found this review helpful
Hi, I really enjoyed reading Ralph Fletcher's book "Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the inside out." He gives lots of good examples. He has interviews with two other poets in the book for ideas on poetry. He makes poetry interesting and fun to learn! I also enjoyed his poetry!
Well Done April 2, 2004
7 out of 21 found this review helpful
If you feel like you are a real poet within, this book will help you get it out. One word of caution, everyone thinks he or she is a poet. Yes, everyone is a bad poet and every once in a great while a great poet will emerge.
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