cover image Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out

Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out

Ralph Fletcher. HarperCollins, $5.99 (160pp) ISBN 978-0-380-79703-5

Throw out the formidable rhythm and rhyme schemes: Ralph Fletcher's Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out laughs in the face of formality. Organized into two sections ""Lighting the Spark"" and ""Nurturing the Flame"" and peppered with interviews with published poets, Fletcher's accessible volume teaches kids to write poetry from the heart. (Mar.)