Finding What You Didn’t Lose: Expressing Your Truth and Creativity through Poem-Making

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Poetry discovers and speaks a truth ordinary language cannot express. And the passionate message in Finding What You Didn’t Lose is that we’re all poets–capable of giving voice to such truth.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.

Additional information

Weight0.44 kg
Dimensions2.06 × 17.86 × 22.97 cm
PubliCanadanadation City/Country

USA

ISBN 10

0874778093

About The Author

John Fox, CPT, is a poet, certified poetry therapist, and a lecturer in the Graduate School of Psychology at John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, California. He is the author of two volumes of poetry, My Hand Touches the Sea and When Jewels Sing (audio tape). John also teaches in the California Poets in the Schools Program. He serves as a vice president on the executive board of the National Association of Poetry Therapy and is a recipient of NAPT's Distinguished Service Award.

Table Of Content

Introduction1. Return to the Most HumanThe Need for Poem-Making in Our Lives2. Leaving the Roots on Your WritingRevealing Yourself in Your Poems3. Gold in the AtticReconnecting with Your Natural Creativity4. Language as PlayExperimenting with the Delights of Language5. The Brain Is Just the Weight of GodMetaphor and Other Tools of Poem-Making6. Keep in the Heart the JournalMaking Poems from Your Journal Entries7. The Poetry Writing CircleCreating a Community of Poem-Makers8. The Healing Pulse of PoetryBreaking Through Your Pain with Words9. Eternity in an HourExpressing the Sacred Through PoetrySuggested ReadingResourcesBibliographyCopyrights and PermissionsIndex

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