- Platform
- FutureLearn
- Provider
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Effort
- 3 hours/week
- Length
- 3 weeks
- Language
- English
- Credentials
- Paid Certificate Available
- Course Link
Overview
Discover the power of poetry, and learn to write your own
This course explores what inspires poetry, how we write poems and how to tell when your poem is finished.
Whether you’ve never written a poem before, or you‘ve been secretly writing away for some years, this course provides a positive environment in which to begin writing and to share your work with others.
The course follows the story of a poem from start to end, guiding you through the process of writing your own work step by step.
To help us, we will be hearing from poets across world and throughout history, learning from the advice they have given others.
This course is for anyone who wants to write poetry, you don’t need any past experience.
Taught by
Michael Symmons Roberts
Discover the power of poetry, and learn to write your own
This course explores what inspires poetry, how we write poems and how to tell when your poem is finished.
Whether you’ve never written a poem before, or you‘ve been secretly writing away for some years, this course provides a positive environment in which to begin writing and to share your work with others.
The course follows the story of a poem from start to end, guiding you through the process of writing your own work step by step.
To help us, we will be hearing from poets across world and throughout history, learning from the advice they have given others.
This course is for anyone who wants to write poetry, you don’t need any past experience.
What topics will you cover?
On this course we will be asking questions such as:
On this course we will be asking questions such as:
- Where do you get your ideas for new poems?
- What choices go into writing a poem?
- How do you know when a poem is finished?
Taught by
Michael Symmons Roberts