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Writing Poetry

via BBC Maestro

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Provider

BBC Maestro
Pricing

Paid Course
Languages

English
Duration & workload

5-6 hours
Sessions

On-Demand

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Overview

Join Carol Ann on a journey to discovering your poetic voice, from finding inspiration to crafting your own unique poetry style.

Use memory and imagination
Develop a unique style
Learn the power of your senses
Write for different occasions
Build your own collection
Find time to write

Syllabus

Writing Poetry Introduction
Memory as imagination: place
Memory as imagination: people
Your own words
Read to write
Learning poems by heart
Finding inspiration: art
Finding inspiration: story
Finding inspiration: your own interests
Coming to your senses: looking, smelling, listening, tasting, touching
Coming to your senses: the weather
Coming to your senses: love poems
The world we live in: up close
The world we live in: towns & cities
Time: receiving the baton
Time: a year in your life
Time: writing backwards
Choosing a form
Drafting and redrafting
Writing for occasions: the personal
Writing for occasions: the public
Anthologies and answering back
Writing poetry for children
Building a collection
Don't give up your day job

Taught by

Carol Ann Duffy

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