Live performance poetry П. O., Elena Gomez, Lucy Van, Ouyang Yu. With MC Gareth Morgan

Poets in Hell — yes OK but are they passing through like Dante or there for good like Ezra Pound? Did they go on purpose or were they dragged down kicking and screaming? And is it because they were bad at being good or because bad people don't like poetry? Tbh, we suspect hell is a metaphor. But what for??

We simply do not know. All we can say with any certainty is that Love and Rage is pretty stoked about the poets we've booked to read in hell. Gareth Morgan is going to MC, so that's a strong start. And we'll hear new and old poems by Elena Gomez, Lucy Van, Ouyang Yu and П. O., who turned up to a recent party I was at with a bag of apples he shared with everyone. It was such a refreshing treat.

We can't promise more apples (it's not our tree) but we can promise a lineup of genuinely exciting Melbourne poets reading really good poems. There'll also be drinks, chapbooks and people you either know already or would like to meet. And as John Milton said, "better a poetry reading in Hell than a Robert Manne lecture at the Wheeler Centre."

We are operating this event on a pay-as-you-feel basis. All money raised through ticket sales will be donated to Pay the Rent and the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network.

The suggested ticket price for this panel is $15