What Is Poetry?: The Essential Guide to Reading and Writing Poems

<b>Celebrated poet and critic Michael Rosen takes readers on a whirlwind tour exploring what poems are what they can do and the joys of reading and writing them.</b><br><br>For thousands of years people have been writing poetry. But what <i>is</i> poetry? Award-winning wordsmith Michael Rosen has spent decades thinking about that question and in this helpful guide he shares his insights with humor knowledge and appreciation &#151; appreciation for poetry and appreciation for twenty-first-century children embarking on their own poetic journeys. Young readers are invited to join him on a welcoming exploration of the British poetic canon replete with personal insights into what the renowned poet thinks about as he writes and advice on writing their own poetry. When he&#146;s finished readers will be able to say with confidence: <i>this </i>is poetry<i>. </i>Included in this accessible handbook are writing tips analyses of classic poems and an appendix of poets and useful websites.