Course HackWriting PoetryBy Carol Ann Duffy
In a Nutshell
In this BBC Maestro course, former British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy shares the secrets and philosophy behind writing great poetry and nurturing your unique creativity.
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Favorite Quote
A good poem only seeks to add something to the world, something that wasn't there before.
Carol Ann Duffy
Introduction
Poetry can fill gaps that normal language can't, helping us express emotions and thoughts that we might otherwise be incapable of tapping into.
Crucially, a great poem doesn't exist until somebody writes it.
Carol Ann Duffy has been a working poet for most of her life, including ten years as the British Poet Laureate from 2009-2019. She was the first woman, first Scot, and first openly gay poet to hold the position.
In this BBC Maestro course, Duffy uses her own journey as a poet to inform and inspire us to begin our own.
Duffy explores how our memories, reading, and natural vocabularies can help us to forge an authentic poetic voice, bringing our background and personality into our creativity.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
- 1.Memories and reading can inspire your poetry
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