TY - BOOK N2 - 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. -- AB - 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. -- T1 - A kick in the head :an everyday guide to poetic forms / AU - Janeczko, Paul B., AU - Raschka, Christopher, ET - 1st ed. CN - PS586.3 CN - PS586.3 ID - 1360369 KW - Children's poetry, American. KW - Literary form KW - American poetry KW - Literary form. SN - 0763606626 SN - 9780763606626 SN - 9780606269360 SN - 0606269363 SN - 0763641324 SN - 9780763641320 TI - A kick in the head :an everyday guide to poetic forms / ER -