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Writing across cultures : a handbook on writing poetry and lyrical prose : from African drum song to blues, ghazal to haiku, villanelle to the zoo / Edna Kovacs.

Kovacs, Edna. (Author).

Summary:

""From African Drum Song to Blues, Ghazal to Haiku, Villanelle to the Zoo," this playful handbook stimulates the writing of poetry and lyrical prose. Examples and exercises from many cultures (with ethnographies) awaken the creative flow to get young writers excited about words. Contributions from Ursula Le Guin, babette Deutsch, Sam Hamill, Roethke, Basho, Elizabeth Woody, Willaim Carlos Williams, Diane Wakoski, and others are mixed with folktales, and pieces by students. A truly multicultural/multisensory approach to teaching writing with zest."--Jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0936085258
  • ISBN: 9780936085258
  • Physical Description: xv, 168 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Hillsboro, Oregon : Blue Heron Publishing, Inc., ©1994.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-163).
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface / Tim Gillespie -- Introduction: Playing in a Field of Words / Edna Kovacs -- What is Poetry and Lyrical Prose? A Word About the Writing Process -- Edna Kovacs -- Exploring the Senses -- Naomi Shihab Nye/Francine E. Walls -- Dream Place -- Student work -- Imagination Hat -- Jim Heynen/first grade students -- Shrinking for Details -- Elisa Weger/Edna Kovacs/Minako Nishimori -- Sounds of Poetry -- Kim Stafford/fourth grade students -- Acrostics -- Alissa Silver/first grade students -- African Drum Song -- Obo Addy -- Alliteration -- Victor Hoffer -- Andahisian Cante Jondo -- "Deep Song" -- Frederico Garcia Lorca -- Ballad -- Goethe, translated by Wilma M. Erwin -- Biography/Sharing Cultures -- Sister Helena Brand/Emily Dickinson -- Jammin' on the Blues -- Langston/Hughes/Curtis Robertson -- Czech Calendar Poetry -- Karel Toman, translated by Jirina Fuchs -- Calligramme -- Apollinaire/Emiko Seo, Japan -- Cinquain -- Sally Prince/students -- Rhymed Couplets -- Alexander Pope/Kathy Savelieff/Sierra Steenson -- Cowboy & Cowgirl Poetry -- Vern Mortensen/Nyle Henderson/Joanie Loehr -- Dadaist Poetry -- William Wiles/Sarah Lamers -- Epistle -- Ezra Pound/third grade students -- Fugue -- Diane Wakoski/Marina/Regina Sevshek/Alex Benson/Mrs. Ortega -- Ghazal -- LYNX/American & international college students/Ghalib/William Stafford -- Haiku -- Basho/Issa/Mark Kurisu/first grade students -- Holocaust Poetry -- Manuel Roth/Elie Wiesel and Liberators -- I Was the Last Person on Earth ... Fantasy, Adventure, Science Fiction, Mystery -- Tracy Lovenstein/summer camp students -- Journal Writing -- Beryl Hammonds -- Korean Hyannga -- Master Ch'ungdam/Chong Si Won/Takako Ishida -- Limericks -- Grade school students/Geno O'Neil/Brooke Kinney -- Linked Verse -- Korean monks, 15th Century/college of nursing students/adult creative writing students -- Iu-Mien Proverbs -- David T. Lee -- Native American Spells, Chants, and Prayers -- Michelle Tsosie Naranjo/Kwakiutl Song/elementary school students -- Openings and Closings: Multicultural -- Steve Sanfield -- Organic Poetry -- Judith Barrington/Elizabeth Woody/Ursula K. Le Guin/Heidi Shortell -- Pastoral, also Bucolic, Eclogue, Idyl -- William Carlos Williams/Yehuda Amichai -- Public Art Poetry/Photowriting -- Kovacs photos -- Quatrains/Rubaiyat -- Rumi, translated by John Moyne/Coleman Barks/Andrew Harvey -- Raga/Writing with Music -- David Tame -- Rap Poetry -- Lanita Duke -- Crafting Sonnets -- Michael Bugeja/Shakespeare/Elizabeth Barrett Browning -- The 3 Ts: Tempo, Texture, Tone Color -- Mary Tall Mountain/Anna Kiss/Jaan Kaplinski -- Using Hand Gestures in Hawaiian Dance to Create Poetry -- Kapualokeokalaniakea Dalire -- Villanelle -- Roethke/Michele Glazer -- Voices in Poetry: Exploring Persona(s) -- Odysseus Elytis Waka/Tanka (Saigyo) -- Waka/Tanka: A Traditional Japanese Form -- Saigyo -- Welsh Englyn -- Rolphe Humphries -- Xanadu to Timbuktu: Place Names -- Jaan Kaplinski, with Intro by Sam Hamill/Hiroko Yamada/Edna Kovacs -- Yarning a 99-Word Short Story -- Edna Kovacs/Naomi Cole -- Your Holidays In Poetry -- Loreena McKennitt/Marge Piercy -- Zen Poetry -- Peter Levitt -- Zoo Poetry -- Selected 1993 Portland Zoo Poem winners.

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