Poems do not happen in a vacuum—often poets respond to ideas, images, places, and events that other poets have also explored. This workshop aims to read several poems closely to tease out the threads of conversation that might be picked up between poems, and responded to in poetry of your own.
What you need to participate:
Zoom and a reliable Internet connection
Bring a much-loved poem of your own, with which you can apply the strategies we explore in the workshop.
This workshop will best suit:
Beginner and intermediate poets
Ticketing:
This workshop will be run identically twice, so please choose the date that suits you. Tickets are priced on a sliding scale, from concession ($30) to full ($40) to feelin’ flush ($50, i.e. subsidise a concession ticket by choosing to pay a li’l extra, if you can). One free ticket is reserved for a person experiencing financial hardship — please get in touch. Upon booking, you will receive email confirmation and, closer to the date, further instructions and a Zoom link for your workshop.
About your facilitator:
Eileen Chong is a Sydney poet and the author of nine books. Her work has been shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s, the Victorian Premier’s, and twice for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Her most recent book is A Thousand Crimson Blooms from UQP. She lives and works on unceded Gadigal land.