Finding What You Didn't Lose: Expressing Your Truth and Creativity through Poem-Making Paperback - 1995
by John Fox
Poetry discovers and speaks a truth ordinary language cannot express. Poet-teacher Fox reveals how imagery, sound, methaphor, rhythm and other poetic elements can help us tell our inner story, heal psychological wounds, discover spiritual connection, and develop the rich creative imagination that lies within us all.
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Poet-teacher John Fox reveals how imagery, sound, metaphor, rhythm, and other poetic elements can he us tell our inner story, heal psychological wounds, discover spiritual connection, and develop the rich creative imagination that lies within us all.
Transcending the traditional academic approach to poetry writing, Finding What You Didn't Lose deals with craft but, more importantly, guides readers to explore their deepest feelings and express their own unique insights through the incomparable language of poetry.
Through an intermingling of inventive exercises and illustrative poems--ranging from Nobel Prize winners to first-time poets--readers are inspired to add their own distinct voice to a world fellowship of poets. For those who already write poetry, and the many more who want to, this book is the key to finding what you never lose: your natural inclination to express who you are through the making of poems.
From the rear cover
John Fox offers a fresh approach to poetry writing, yet one that doesn't overlook the importance of formal techniques. Readers will be reintroduced to their poetic voice and its unique ability to heal psychological wounds which may have held it captive. Through inventive exercises, stories, and dozens of poems, Fox shows how to master imagery, sound, metaphor, rhythm, and other poetic elements for poems that explore the unique perceptions, feelings, and visions that make us who we truly are.
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- Title Finding What You Didn't Lose: Expressing Your Truth and Creativity through Poem-Making
- Author John Fox
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Second Edition
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Tarcherperigee, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
- Date 1995-09-01
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9780874778090 / 0874778093
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 7 x 0.9 in (22.86 x 17.78 x 2.29 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Poetry - Authorship, Poetry - Psychological aspects
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95014638
- Dewey Decimal Code 808.1
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