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Being True to Life: Poetic Paths to Personal Growth
Contributor(s): Richo, David (Author)

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 ISBN: 1590307429     ISBN-13: 9781590307427
Publisher: Shambhala
OUR PRICE: $20.85  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: December 2009
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Annotation: This book offers a fresh and inspiring approach to personal growth, one that taps into our inherent creativity and the versatility of poetry. In" Being True to Life" psychotherapist David Richo explains how writing and reading poetry can be a rich path of self-exploration and emotional healing for anyone, no matter one's poetic abilities.
Richo offers a range of practical exercises for exploring how poetry can help us to become more aware, to heal, and to grow emotionally and spiritually. Exercises include free writing; composing autobiographical poems; writing a poem to your fears; and composing poems based on childhood memories, significant experiences, and dreams. Richo also offers guidance on how to read poetry in a way that can be personally transformative.
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
Dewey: 808.1
LCCN: 2009010594
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.78" W x 8.3" L (0.51 lbs) 176 pages
Features: Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
Psychotherapist David Richo offers a fresh and inspiring approach to personal growth: we can use the process of writing and reading poetry to move toward greater self-understanding and emotional healing. Even if you've never written a poem before, you can learn to use poetry to explore your feelings, your relationships, your childhood, your dreams, and more.

Richo explains how the creative, intuitive process of making poetry can help us gain access to our deepest truths, leading us to make connections and explore experiences in a new way, beyond the constraints of everyday language. This book offers a range of practical exercises for getting started, as well as guidance on how to read poetry in a way that can be personally transformative.

Being True to Life shows us that poetry is not reserved for a few specially talented individuals but is a deeply human activity that anyone can tap into for greater clarity and insight into life's struggles, beauty, and mysteries.
 
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