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Author Vecchione, Patrice, author.

Title My shouting, shattered, whispering voice : a guide to writing poetry and speaking your truth / Patrice Vecchione.

Publication Info. New York : Seven Stories Press, [2020]

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult  YA 808 VEC    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Teen  YA-808.1 VE    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 172 pages ; 20 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-167).
Summary "Ever had an emotion or experience you wanted to express, but didn't know how? This guide encourages teens to find their voices, step up and speak their truths, and articulate what matters to them most--both personally and politically--whether it be boldly to an outside audience or just privately for themselves. Young adults are reading and writing and performing poetry more than ever before, and yet it's the most difficult form for schools to teach. Written in short, easy-to-digest chapters, My Shouting, Shattered, Whispering Voice includes prompts and inspiration, writing suggestions and instruction, brief interviews with some current popular poets such as Kim Addonizio, Safia Elhillo, and others, and poem excerpts scattered throughout the book. My Shouting, Shattered Whispering Voice offers ways to express rage, frustration, joy, and sorrow, and to substitute apathy with creativity, usurp fear with daring, counteract anxiety with the joy of writing one word down and then another to express vital, but previously unarticulated, thoughts. Most importantly, here you can discover the value of your own voice and come to believe that what you have to say matters"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Part I. Poetry's calling : finding yourself on paper: Why write? ; Poetry in the beginning ; The mind of the poet ; What writing does for us ; Belief in the unwritten ; The blue mountains far away : the art of listening ; Kinds of silence ; Truth, lies, and poetry ; How do you know? ; The five senses ; The sixth sense : intuitive knowing ; Inviting inspiration ; Who and what defines you? ; Responding to a complicated world ; Your own company : writing and solitude ; The "evils" of procrastination ; And if you don't write? ; Losing your way, and other perils and pitfalls ; Abandoned on a cold, hard street by poetry ; writer's block ; Living with the internal critic ; The poet within -- Part II. "If one part were touched, the whole would tremble" : writing poetry from the inside out: Loving words ; What makes a poem a poem? ; The various forms poetry takes : from free verse to the Villanelle ; The element of sound ; The shape of it ; To punctuate or not to punctuate ; Voice and style ; "Since feeling is first" : the troublesome adjective and getting to original thought ; Simile and metaphor ; By heart or by head ; Where do you write? ; Tools of the trade ; Rules you'll love to follow : a surprising list -- Part III. Who said you couldn't say that? : twenty-five poetry-writing suggestions in twenty-one short chapters: Writing faster than you can think ; I remember : poetry and memory ; Lost and found ; "I've known rivers" ; These are the hands ; "A list of further possibilities" ; Who said you couldn't say that? ; Your very human body ; The love poem ; Twenty questions that ask but do not answer ; Did I hear that right? : overheard conversations transformed into poems ; The found poem ; A walk in the dark ; "I had too much to dream last night" ; Fear and what eases it a little ; My birth and my name : "at the rupture where land became ocean" ; "Nothing's left" ; The lost words ; Into the future : take yourself there now ; A formal form for fun (and hopefully not too much frustration) : the Ghazal five for five -- Part IV. "How possible might the impossible be?" : getting your poetry out there: Success and failure ; Making your words stick to the page : the editing process ; Not by any other name : titling your poems ; Time for a trustworthy reader? ; Open your notebook and let your poems out ; Sound check : reading and performing your poems ; Alternatives to traditional publishing ; Creating a poetry manuscript ; The cover letter ; Book publishing for poets ; The poet's perils : rejection ; Living the poet's life ; Your poetic license ; How writing a poem is like building a fire -- Part V. Where to go from here : poetry resources: Websites where you'll find poems, essays, recommended reading lists, interviews, audio, video, and more ; Online poetry workshops and classes ; Publishing opportunities ; Specific interest sites and organizations ; Annotated bibliography ; Acknowledgments ; Permissions.
Subject Poetry -- Authorship -- Study and teaching.
Poetry -- Authorship -- Study and teaching.
Poetry -- Authorship.
Creative writing -- Poetry.
Poetry -- Authorship -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst01067700
ISBN 9781609809850 (paperback)
1609809858 (paperback)
9781609809867 (ebk)
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