Now that I've had a chance to look at the course materials, I'm enthusiastic about starting The Art of Poetry. Whilst I'm not familiar with writing poetry, I'm eager to get cracking on the first assignment. So, with that in mind I have ordered two books from Amazon: Writing Poems by Peter Sansom and A … Continue reading Making a Start
Category: Getting Started
Poetry in Motion
Poetry can't be that hard, I thought to myself. How wrong I was. I found this part of the course a struggle. My main problem was trying NOT to make it rhyme. I tried to pay attention to alliteration and assonance, hoping that I would transform my notes into beautifully mellifluous lines, but I'm not … Continue reading Poetry in Motion
Duly Noted
As I slowly progress through these exercises I realise that I should do a bit of reading. I've taken into account Alan Bennett's Writing Home and Virginia Woolf's A Writer's Diary but truthfully speaking I'm not sure I want to. I've tried writing journals before, indeed I spent three months faithfully doing Julia Cameron's The … Continue reading Duly Noted
I Dreamed A Dream
It's finally happened; I can dream on. After a couple of dreamless nights I've recorded a dream, albeit somewhat strange, in my trusty notebook to be the source of my first exercise. Hallelujah! I admit I was beginning to worry - the last dream I can remember featured Will Smith (??) and his son, Jaden … Continue reading I Dreamed A Dream
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