Published in 1988, this book is a teacher's eye view of how children come to write and rewrite poems, and of how they make aesthetic choices in their writing. .

Part I: Introduction. 1. 'How do I get them to write poems?' Part II: Process. 2. A New Class. 3. New Subjects. Part III: Dialogue. 4. Children's 'Autonomy'. 5. Intervention. Part IV: Context. 6. Literary Models. 7. The World Out There. 8. Other Contexts. Part V: Relations. 9. Productions and Relations. 10. 'But is it Poetry?'