title: Finding What You Didn't Lose: Expressing Your Truth and Creativity through Poem-Making (Inner Work Book)
author:  John Fox 
description: Formal techniques aren't overlooked in a title which encourages self-expression through poetry; but neither are they touted as the sole vehicle for literary pursuit. The idea here is that writing can offer psychological healing: use this guide to master imagery, metaphor, rhythm and poetic elements, then create some strong, meaningful works. -- <i>Midwest Book Review</i>
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  Copyright © 2017 by Roy D. Follendore III
  
  
    
  
  
  All rights reserved. This book and any portion thereof, poetry, content
  including images, may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever
  without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of
  brief quotations in a book review.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
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  Preface
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Looking back, I have been privately writing personal poetry on and off for
  over fifty years, and very few people have read anything that I have written.
  I am not sure if this is rare. This isn’t to say that along the way I haven’t
  stopped writing for periods of time. Years sometimes went by.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Poetry is a discipline that takes time and the hustle and bustle of work
  changed my immediate value system, or maybe it lowered my discipline to act
  upon my creative instincts. I do know that once I came face to face with
  myself and broke off my ambition to change the world through the logic of
  engineering, I 