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This Book Aims To Help All Those Involved With Children And Their Learning Through Poem-writing. The Book Begins With An Introduction Outling The Importance Of Poetry. It Discusses Poetry In Terms Of Children's Learning And The Imagination. Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table Of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: A Constant Possibility Of 'eureka!': Poetry As A Means Of Learning -- Part I -- 1 Introduction: Most Precious Words -- 2 'i See Me In Her Eye': Learning About The Body -- 3 'in The Silences': Learning More About Living -- An Interlude -- Two Central Issues: Clichés And Drafting -- Part Ii -- 4 Introduction: A Fresh Look At The World -- 5 Martians, Riddles And Snapshots -- 6 'the Dragging Of Dead Thrushes': Writing About Nature -- A Note On Writing About The Human-made Environment -- Part Iii -- 7 Introduction: Me And The Rest Of The World -- 8 Death And Other Obsessions -- 9 'the Stamping Rocks And The Squeaking Birds': Fantasy -- 10 'where Do You Come From?': The Humanities -- 11 'you Are The Beautiful Snow That Falls In Nebraska': Writing About Love -- Part Iv -- 12 Children Responding To Poems -- Appendices -- References -- Index.