Prescription: Poetry - Take As Needed • BIRSt Archive

A visit with Paula Brown, a local accomplished poet, provides an insight into the depths of poetry, mainly exploring the use of poetry as therapy.

Short Form Audio 2: Poetry of the Park
16th of January 2015 · In "2015"
Take a sonic walk through the park and discover the poetry and music of such an everyday event. This piece is best enjoyed through headphones. Produced by Michael Dale. Poems: ‘In a Wood’ by Thomas Hardy ‘Patience Taught by Nature’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning ‘In Memoriam A. H. H.: 11. Calm is the…
The Oncoming – Prologue
13th of February 2017 · In "2017"
The Oncoming, an experimental piece of surrealist audio storytelling, combining classic poetry, narrative voice and audio landscape to create a gothic representation of death and our emotional and psychological journey in coming to terms with it using the personifications of death, time and our own emotionality. Producer: Jordan Woodley
Professor Seán Street
29th of November 2017 · In "The Teams"
Seán Street is Emeritus Professor of Radio in the Faculty of Media & Communication at Bournemouth University. He founded the MA in Radio Production in 1999. As part of his design for the degree, he established the Bournemouth Internet Radio Station (BIRSt), a unique teaching and assessment tool featuring student…

Prescription: Poetry – Take As Needed