“Poems
arrive. They hide in feelings and images, in weeds and delivery vans, daring us
to notice and give them form with our words.”
~
Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge
Thus begins the introduction to her book “poemcrazy”. Through
a combination of personal stories and poems, Susan pulls you into her word
world and invites you to begin making poems of your own.
One of my favorite anecdotes centers on her
seventh/eighth grade English class and her teacher, Mr. Mabie. She speaks of
how his was the first class she ever had in school that allowed her to express
the person she is instead of the “good girl I was supposed to be.” I only wish
I would have had a similar experience so early on in my academic life! I have
only begun to find that same sense of creative freedom now in my mid-forties.
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