My Lists
Featured Lists
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 1997
Gr 8-Up This book sets poetry-writing squarely within the context of the writing process. Unlike Myra Cohn Livingston's Poem-Making (HarperCollins, 1991) and Gregory A. Denman's When You've Made It Your Own (Heinemann, 1988; o.p.), which are pitched toward those who will teach students about writing poetry, Ryan speaks directly to young people about the impulse to write and encourages a messy, free-flowing method of beginning a poem. She follows this introduction with insight...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
