Luka Lesson is a poet of Greek heritage who has won the Australian Poetry Slam, featured at the mecca for slam poetry: the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe (NYC), performed with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and been commissioned by the likes of the National Gallery of Victoria, The Institute of Non-Violence and the BBC (UK). Luka has released three collections of poetry independently: The Future Ancients (2013), Antidote (2015) and most recently Agapi & Other Kinds of Love (2022).
Luka has been a poet-in-residence at the Scottish Poetry Library, appeared at the Edinburgh Literature Festival, Splendour in the Grass, 4E Hip-hop Festival, Hong Kong Literature Festival, Ubud Writers' Festival and many more. Luka has taught poetry at the Athens University (Greece), Latrobe University, and across hundreds of High Schools in Australia and abroad.
Luka's musical theatre show: Agapi & Other Kinds of Love, based on the Ancient Greek words for love, premiered at the National Museum of Australia during their exhibition: Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes from the British Museum.
https://www.lukalesson.com