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Poetry is a delicate and intricate art form, practised by many people but rarely mastered. In this album, poets Jackie Kay, Paul Muldoon, W.N. Herbert and Jean Breeze talk about their respective approaches and attitudes to poetry. They explore many aspects of their craft, from the initial spark of inspiration and rewriting to more technical matters such as rhyme, using real speech and narrative poetry. This material forms part of the course A175, Writing poetry.
Transcripts - media-podcast.open.ac.uk/feeds/a175-writing-poetry/transcript/a175poetry01.pdf - media-podcast.open.ac.uk/feeds/a175-writing-poetry/transcript/a175poetry02.pdf - media-podcast.open.ac.uk/feeds/a175-writing-poetry/transcript/a175poetry03.pdf - https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/writing-poetry?trackno=4
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Poetry is a delicate and intricate art form, practised by many people but rarely mastered. In this album, poets Jackie Kay, Paul Muldoon, W.N. Herbert and Jean Breeze talk about their respective approaches and attitudes to poetry. They explore many aspects of their craft, from the initial spark of inspiration and rewriting to more technical matters such as rhyme, using real speech and narrative poetry. This material forms part of the course A175, Writing poetry.
Transcripts - media-podcast.open.ac.uk/feeds/a175-writing-poetry/transcript/a175poetry01.pdf - media-podcast.open.ac.uk/feeds/a175-writing-poetry/transcript/a175poetry02.pdf - media-podcast.open.ac.uk/feeds/a175-writing-poetry/transcript/a175poetry03.pdf - https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/writing-poetry?trackno=4
Visit the page Writing Poetry: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/writing-poetry?trackno=1
Study the free course What is poetry? at The Open University
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/literature/what-poetry/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab
Study R14 BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities open.ac.uk/courses/arts/degrees/ba-arts-humanities-r14
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The Open University is the world’s leading provider of flexible, high quality online degrees and distance learning, serving students across the globe with highly respected degree qualifications, and the triple accredited MBA. The OU teaches through its own unique method of distance learning, called ‘supported open learning’ and you do not need any formal qualifications to study with us, just commitment and a desire to find out what you are capable of.
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