How Poetry Can Change Your Heart by Gibson, Andrea -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Poetry Transforms Introduction What is Poetry, Anyway? Twenty-One Questions to ask on your first date with Poetry Poetry is Great Company Poetry as World Travel Wait— a Sad Poem can Make me Happy? Poetry as a Vehicle for Empathy Let’s Gush for a Moment about the Magic of Language

The Great Paradox The World of the Poem WordPLAY

Can Poetry Change the World? What you Really Need to Know (Or do You?)

Couplets Tercets Quatrains Long-Lined Poems Short-Lined Poems The Art of the Line Break How a Poem Appears on the Page Can be a Direct Comment on its Meaning

But what if I Still Don’t Get It?

Other Fun Ways to try to Understand a Poem

Finding Poetry Everywhere

Song Lyrics Mistakes Facts What Other People Say Hiding in the last Place you Look Other Things You Read In Between the Lines

Poetry out Loud How can I Find Poetry that I Like?

Experience Poetry from your Own Home Leave your House for Poetry Experience Poetry in Community What the Heck is a Poetry Slam?

How can I Tell If a Poem is Good? The Gift of Awe Who can be a Poet? (Hint: Everyone) So you want to Write a Poem The Myth of Writer’s Block

1. Write Every Day. 2. Read! It’s a Crucial Ingredient. Get Inspired Know your Practice It’s Okay to Suck

To Conclude Bibliography Acknowledgments About the Author Chronicle Ebooks

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