In recent papers (Seiden, 2004a, 2004b) parallels have been examined between poetry and psychoanalysis in the way language is used to create, extend, transform, and give voice to meaning. What follows is a presentation of work with a child therapy patient which made use of these parallels in employing collaborative poetry as a means to a psychoanalytic end. The parallels suggest several lessons for psychoanalysts. One among them is that interpretation may be less important that we have been taught to think for the working through that is essential in enduring change. A second, as Winnicott (1971a) famously pointed out, is that joy in the process is an important part of the child therapy experience.