The Idea Of A Poetry Conservatory
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Topics discussed in this episode include:
-Versecraft will be on hiatus in June. See you again in July!
-The wonderful educational resources available to Classical musicians
-The not-so-wonderful educational resources available to poets
-Why MFA programs don't cut it
-If creative writing "can't be taught" then poetic education becomes a joke
-No standards = total subjectivity = no legitimate curricula
-Recieved techniques are optional to use, but they are not optional to learn.
-The "World of Versecraft" program
-David Rothman's book, "Learning the Secrets of English Verse "
-The core five: Independent Study, Classical Languages, English Literature, Poetic Technique, and Literary Criticism/Philosophy
-Why an independent study model is superior to a workshop model
-A defense of teaching Classical languages
-The curriculum at Helicon Conservatory of Poetry
-A call to action
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The landscape of Ohioan poetry (Jeremy): Poetry Spotlight
Supported in part by The Ohio Poetry Association
Art by David Anthony Klug
List of the most common metrical feet:
Iamb: weak-STRONG (u /)
Trochee: STRONG-weak (/ u)
Anapest: weak-weak-STRONG (u u /)
Amphibrach: weak-STRONG-weak (u / u)
Dactyl: STRONG-weak-weak (/ u u)
Cretic: STRONG-weak-STRONG (/ u /)
Pyrrhic: weak-weak (u u)
Spondee: STRONG-STRONG (/ /)
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