Janeczko, Paul B.

A kick in the head / edited by Paul B. Janeczko ; illustrated by Chris Raschka. - First Scholastic printing, February 2006 - New York : Scholastic, 2005 - 61 pages : color illustrations ; 230 cm

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In this splendid and playful volume, acclaimed poetry anthologist Paul B. Janeczko and Caldecott Honor illustrator Chris Raschka present lively examples of twenty-nine poetic forms, demonstrating not only the (sometimes bendable) rules of poetry, but also the spirit that brings these forms so wonderfully to life. Featuring formal poems, some familiar and some never before published, from the likes of Eleanor Farjeon (aubade), X.J. Kennedy (elegy), Ogden Nash (couplet), Liz Rosenberg (pantoum), and William Shakespeare, the sonnet king himself, A Kick in the Head perfectly illustrates Robert Frost's maxim that poetry without rules is like a tennis match without a net.

600
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9780439862165


Children's poetry, American.
Literary form--Juvenile literature.

PS586.K525

811.00809282