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| Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words | 
 enlarge | Author: Susan G. Wooldridge
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 41004
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st Pbk. Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0609800981
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.1
EAN: 9780609800980
ASIN: 0609800981
Publication Date: April 1, 1997
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Condition: No crease on spine. Front & back cover lightly creased w/ light edge wear. Pages clean & tightly bound BUT w/ light tanning from age - about 7 years old. Shipped in protective boxing or bubble wrap.
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Dress Yourself With Rain September 9, 2004
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
Easy and fun to read, not only for beginners. You'll read little short poems and thoughts in here that will make you think, and sometimes laugh, and will always inspire you to write. It has actually cheered me up in many ways, esp. unblock my writer's block when i have it. I sometimes just open to any page and there's the exact words, talking to only me. That's the sign of a great book. Here's another special thing about this book; it's not just for poets. I'm interested in screenplays and 'poemcrazy' has helped my writing's quality and quanity.
A Writer's Sanity January 18, 2006
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
This little book of writing wisdom is for poets, writers and anyone creative enough to open their wings.
Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge offers a world of advice for dreamers and the like in her book filled with writing anecdotes. Each chapter is written in beautiful prose and relates her seeds of inspiration along with tips for finding ones own. The book is often funny yet also deeply profound and it is written with a fondness for the writing life, including all of its insanity. Wooldridge inspires her readers with simple exercises that capture those moments of imagination during walks in the woods, in dreams and in calculated thought as well.
"poemcrazy" is a wonderful gift as well as that special book for every writer to have at their fingertips during those static moments of blocked thought. Wooldridge will bring you right back to a clever thought with one or more of her inspirational practices. This is a book you can come back to again and again reaping the benefits as you go. I wouldn't call it crazy but rather a dreamer's logic for getting the job done.
 Excellent for poets and creative writing teachers June 30, 1999
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
Poemcrazy smoothly integrates Susan Wooldridge's personal experiences and observations with wonderful suggestions for writing exercises! As a high school creative writing teacher, I find the book to be particularly useful when I am searching for ways to help me and my students approach familiar subjects from unexpected directions. Poemcrazy also helps get the mental ink flowing when it seems to be running dry. In terms of exercises, Poemcrazy is comparable to, but not quite on par with, Natalie Goldberg's "Writing Down the Bones." Still, even if you don't actually use the exercises, the narrative makes for interesting enough reading on its own.
Admittedly Loca for Poemcrazy....... December 28, 2003
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
Poemcrazy by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge is one of those rare books which is best read slowly, over time, perhaps as you read other books so that you can take the time to try the different exercises, revisit favored passages and really take the time to listen to exactly what Wooldridge is teaching.Is it poetry or is it life? Is it writing or is it personal freedom and individuality? From my experience, it is a bit of both and all of the above and more. The book is presented in 5 major sections. I found sections 4 and 5 to be crescendo-esque, filled with a-ha moments and ideas for me to take into my poetry (and other) writing practice. Earlier reviews concur that this title is reminiscent of Natalie Goldberg and Anne Lamott: in my estimation, these are really great indications of a solid, enjoyable, applications oriented read. I was not disappointed. My only disappointment in regards to this book is that I have not been able to find anything else by the same author..... hopefully this will change!
Helpful for non-poets and teachers too April 17, 2003
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I have been unsuccessfully trying to get students interested in poetry. I keep pointing out how interesting, how beautiful, etc. it is, with dead stares back at me...But I introduced Susan Wooldridge's word tickets as an exercise and the students loved it! So did I. I just listened to some songs and wrote tons of adjectives, nouns and a few verbs in MS Word using an address label format, then changed the fonts to be fun and different, printed them out and made copies, then cut up all of the individual words. I probably have 600 words times 3-4 copies. The students loved picking the words out of such a plentiful supply, and even the least interested ones got into the exercise. I love experiential exercises, and this one really works. My hope is that now when they look at poems again, they'll see them differently. At least after a few sessions maybe.If Susan Wooldridge is reading this, then I would like to say thank you with great feeling...learning to teach has been difficult and sometimes discouraging...with several great highs. This was definitely a peak. I'll close by saying that I'm looking at a word ticket now and it says "plum pebbles"...
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