M6: Janeczko Collection
M6: Janeczko Collection A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms Ivana Marmolejo Bibliography Janeczko, Paul B., and Christopher Raschka. A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms . Cambridge (Massachusetts): Candlewick Press, 2005. Summary A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms is a treasure trove of poetic forms. It includes twenty-nine different poetic forms collected from many different poets, including Gary Soto and Shakespeare. The book provides notes at the bottom of each poetic form that describes the characteristics of the form. There is also a section at the back of the book that gives more information about the poetic forms and reasons why decisions were made by the authors in their writing. Author, Paul B. Janeczko suggests that readers read the poem, the notes at the bottom, and then the extra information in the back. Readers are provided with a table of contents by poetic form, and they can r...