Turner Publishing is proud to present a new edition of Sandra Hochmans treatise on poetry and songwriting Streams.First published by PrenticeHall in 1978 Hochmans approach to teaching is just as unconventional and revelatory today as it was forty years ago. From the Introduction by Hochman This is a personal book that I hope will be like a friend. In a simple way I want to tell you some thoughts that I have about writing poetry and songs and share with you some warmup exercises for writing that can be used to limber up the mind the same way that dancers limber before a performance. Writing has always been for me a necessary experience something that I feel compelled to do. If that feeling of wanting to write is inside of youwhat I call the Necessary Angel wanting to speakthat writing can be a part of your life experience the way it is part of mine.