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Chances are, you probably haven’t thought much about poetry since your school days. But poetry isn’t just for puberty. Mark McGuinness offers a new perspective. He is the host of A Mouthful of Air, a podcast that features contemporary poets reading their poems and talking about what went into their making. As a poet himself, Mark talks about the barriers preventing people from understanding poetry and how to go about exploring the genre. He explains that one doesn't have to be a full-time poet to write poetry, and details the two main ways poets come up with their ideas. He also explains why speaking poetry out loud is essential to understanding it, and why the seemingly old-fashioned art is still relevant today.
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Chances are, you probably haven’t thought much about poetry since your school days. But poetry isn’t just for puberty. Mark McGuinness offers a new perspective. He is the host of A Mouthful of Air, a podcast that features contemporary poets reading their poems and talking about what went into their making. As a poet himself, Mark talks about the barriers preventing people from understanding poetry and how to go about exploring the genre. He explains that one doesn't have to be a full-time poet to write poetry, and details the two main ways poets come up with their ideas. He also explains why speaking poetry out loud is essential to understanding it, and why the seemingly old-fashioned art is still relevant today.
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