Writing to be heard poetry workshop

Es Foong will take participants through a series of discussions and exercises on how to write for the ear, use rhythm and incorporating sound to enhance meaning.

Most of us hope that our words will be received by a reader or audience with impact and intention. That our poetry will convey the rhythms of our heart, the music we hear in the inner ear.

About the instructor

Es Foong is a poet and performer living on the lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. They think and write about strange geographies of belonging, and the power of the pause to offer alternative ways of being.

Their poems have appeared in Rabbit Poetry, Kalliope X, Best of Australian Poems 2022 and long-listed in the University of Canberra Vice Chancellor’s Poetry Prize 2023.

They’ve featured on stages including Queensland Poetry Festival 2022 and Canberra Poetic City 2023. They want you to know that you are a wild, precious and unique expression of possibility and you are cherished. Their debut poetry collection from Recent Work Press is called Clot and Marrow.

When

Location

Parking is available at ILCH. Venue is a 5-minute walk from Ivanhoe Train Station. The 510 and 548 bus routes stop at the venue.

Mungga Artist Studios @ Ivanhoe Library & Cultural Hub, 275 Heidelberg Road, Ivanhoe, 3079, View Map