Writing to be Heard (Poetry Workshop)

Writing Workshop: Writing To Be Heard

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.

This workshop takes participants through a series of discussions and exercises on how to:

• write for the “ear”,

• use rhythm and sound to enhance meaning;

• and edit with the reader / audience in mind.

Es Foong / Waffle Irongirl is a poet and performer living on the lands land of the Kulin people. They write about strange geographies of belonging. 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. Their poetry collection from Recent Work Press is called “Clot and Marrow”. They live online at waffleirongirl.com.