Dana Gioia called poetry "speech raised to the level of song." But what does this mean? Sarah shows us examples in the poems sent in after last week's prompt - simple language conveying profound and beautiful ideas. She reminds us of the call in Scripture to "Sing a New Song" and encourages us to write our own, even if we can't write melodies (some of the greatest hymns were written to existing hymn tunes!), and sends us off with a new theme and writing prompt.
THE BARDCAST airs live and can be listened to on www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or digital radio in London, Bristol, South Birmingham and Cambridge at 3:15pm after the Divine Mercy Chaplet on Sundays and during your lunch hour at 1:30pm on Tuesdays. Each week Sarah de Nordwall reflects on poems that have been sent in, shares a poem of her own, leaves us with a theme and a writing prompt and sends us off to write something ourselves.
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