Immersed in Verse by Allan Wolf

National Poetry Month is almost over, BUT BEFORE WE GO, I wanted to share this AWESOME book.

Immersed in Verse was recommended by the School Library Journal as one of the Best Books of 2006. I can see why. The book's full title is "An Informative, Slightly Irreversent, & Totally Tremendous Guide to Living the Poet's Life."

And it truly is. Immersed in Verse gives great advice to poets (and writers of all kinds), on how to get ideas for writing, how to revise, the importance of always carrying a notebook with you, and is chock full of great example poems, written by everyone from Langston Hughes to Byron to Sylvia Plath to Shakespeare.

This book really has it all. I looked through this book and thought "If only I'd had this books YEARS ago!" This book has in it everything I learned (often on my own) over the past 20 years on writing. (And I majored in Creative Writing!) Technically, this book is a teen book, but I would recommend it for anyone (but especially teens), who are interested in writing. It has all the best lessons and advice all in one place.

If you are a writer (and remember: anyone who writes is a writer) or you are someone who encourages young writers, you MUST take a look at this book.