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Martin Kratz, Helen Mort, Michael Symmons Roberts, Kim Moore, Andrew Forster, Natalie Burdett, Betty Doyle, and Niall (Neil) Campbell

On this course we will be asking questions such as: We will also be considering different poetic forms such as found poetry, the cento, sonnets, free verse, ghazal, as well as things to help you make formal choices such as line breaks, metre, rhyme, and rhythm. As well a developing your writing skills we will think about developing your inner editor and how to support others in writing their work in a poetry workshop. Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is for anyone who wants to write poetry, you don’t need any past experience. You can use the hashtag #FLmakeapoem to talk about this course on social media.

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On this course we will be asking questions such as: We will also be considering different poetic forms such as found poetry, the cento, sonnets, free verse, ghazal, as well as things to help you make formal choices such as line breaks, metre, rhyme, and rhythm. As well a developing your writing skills we will think about developing your inner editor and how to support others in writing their work in a poetry workshop. Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is for anyone who wants to write poetry, you don’t need any past experience. You can use the hashtag #FLmakeapoem to talk about this course on social media.

Topics Covered

  • What is poetry and what is a poet?
  • What choices go into writing a poem?
  • What is the difference between craft and technique?

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