May 4, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Centre for Stories

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Describe, observe, and connect your body to Western Australian botanical art. Plants (like bodies) cultivate techniques to entice, compete and adapt. Lisa Collyer (poet, educator, and horticulturist) will guide you through a personal response to botanical art and floral specimens to create visceral and embodied poetry.

WORKSHOP OUTCOMES

• Respond to botanical art and make connections to your body.
• Add layers of meaning through understanding the plant’s adaptation techniques, and the naming of plants and their etymology.
• Create original poetry that juxtaposes flowers with bodies.

ABOUT LISA

Lisa Collyer is a poet and educator living and working in Boorloo (Perth). She writes poetry like the jagged edge of a can opened-up with a lens on women’s bodies. She has been published in Westerly, Cordite, Rabbit, Australian Poetry Anthology and more. She was an Inspire writer-in-residence with The National Trust of WA and was short-listed for The Dorothy Hewett Award for her unpublished manuscript. Her debut collection, How to Order Eggs Sunny Side Up will be published with Life Before Man, the poetry imprint of Gazebo Books in September 2023.

Please note we do not offer ticket refunds for this event.

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  Lisa Collyer

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  Lisa Collyer is a poet and educator living and working in Boorloo (Perth). She writes poetry like the jagged edge of a can opened-up with a lens on women’s bodies. She has been published in Westerly, Cordite, Rabbit, Australian Poetry Anthology and more. She was an Inspire writer-in-residence with The National Trust of W.A. and was short-listed for The Dorothy Hewett Award for her unpublished manuscript. Her debut collection, How to Order Eggs Sunny Side Up will be published with Life Before Man, the poetry imprint of Gazebo Books in September 2023.

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