MasterClass – Billy Collins Teaches Reading and Writing Poetry

sddd · May 26, 2022

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MasterClass – Billy Collins Teaches Reading and Writing Poetry
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Known for his wit and wisdom, former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins is one of America’s most beloved contemporary poets. In his MasterClass, Billy teaches you to appreciate the emotional pull of poetry. Learn his approach to exploring subjects, incorporating humor, and finding your voice. Discover the profound in the everyday, and let poetry lead you to the unexpected.
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01.Introduction The Pleasure Poetry Gives Us.mp4
Meet your new instructor: Billy Collins, one of the most popular and prolific poets of our time. In your first lesson, Billy introduces the many pleasures of poetry and illuminates how poetry connects you to the history of the human heart.

02.Working With Form.mp4
Billy teaches you how to use form to win the love of your readers, an audience of strangers.

03.Discovering the Subject.mp4
In poetry, you can do anything and go anywhere. Learn how to embrace the freedom of poetry to embark on explorations of subject, progression, and the balance of clarity and mystery.

04.Writing the Poem.mp4
Billy teaches practical exercises that will galvanize your writing process.

05.Writing Process.mp4
Billy shares his personal notebooks and gives rare insight into the process of writing his poem “Grand Central.”

06.Reading Connecting With Poetry.mp4
A poem is not a cookbook. Learn how embracing nuance and ambiguity can be your greatest ally when reading poetry.

07.Discussion With Marie Howe Emily Dickinson.mp4
Billy invites acclaimed poet and friend Marie Howe to read and discuss Emily Dickinson’s “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain.” Learn how Dickinson’s creative use of capitalization builds an entire world out of a state of mind.

08.Discussion With Marie Howe William Shakespeare.mp4
Billy and Marie discuss how the speaker in William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 73” uses metaphor to bid a final farewell to his beloved.

09.Sound Pleasures.mp4
Learn the tools beyond rhyme and meter that Billy utilizes to achieve a musical, toe-tapping kind of joy in his poetry.

10.Playing a Visible Game.mp4
Billy is a self-proclaimed “terrible rhymer.” Learn one of his techniques for capturing a reader’s attention without relying on rhymed or metered poetry.

11.Turning a Poem.mp4
Billy teaches you how to harness the imaginative flexibility of a poem, turning it in new directions to be playful with your reader.

12.Discussion With Marie Howe What the Living Do.mp4
Learn how what began as a letter to her brother became one of Marie’s most acclaimed poems with “What the Living Do.”

13.Discussion With Marie Howe The Death of the Hat.mp4
Billy and Marie unpack how Billy’s poem “The Death of the Hat” moves from being a poem about a hat to an elegy for his father.

14.Finding Your Voice Influences.mp4
Your voice lies on the shelves of the library and the bookstore. Learn how reading the work of other poets will help develop your unique persona.

15.Finding Your Voice Creating a Persona.mp4
Learn how to develop a distinctive persona for yourself, solving most issues around writing poetry.

16.Humor as a Serious Strategy.mp4
Billy shares how humor is an essential part of his persona and teaches you how to use humor in your poetry for serious reasons.

17.Student Discussion My (Muslim) Father Seizes the Thing on My Nightstand by Sarah Iqbal.mp4
Learn how spacing and word repetition create tone in student Sarah Iqbal’s poem “My (Muslim) Father Seizes the Thing on My Nightstand.”

18.Student Discussion The Crash by Paul Epland.mp4
Billy and student Paul Epland discuss point of view in “The Crash.” Learn how Billy’s suggestion to add three words helps with the turn in the poem.

19.Discussion With Marie Howe Writing Poetry.mp4
According to Marie, “so much of writing is getting beyond the will.” Billy and Marie share practical exercises they use to get out of their heads and into their writing.

20.A Poet’s Journey.mp4
Billy invites you to join the club of poets who have been writing since the beginning of time.

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