Ink & Echo: Monthly Poetry Meetup

Name: Ink & Echo: Monthly Poetry Meetup
Start: 2024-12-14T17:00:00+08:00
End: 2024-12-14T19:30:00+08:00
Location: Centre for Stories

Welcome to your monthly Saturday evening sanctuary for poetic exploration and expression!

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Dec 14, 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Centre for Stories

Welcome to Ink & Echo, our monthly Saturday evening sanctuary for poetic exploration and expression! Half workshop and half reading, this event is designed to enrich your poetic craft while offering a stage for your voice to be heard. Whether you’re a seasoned poet or picking up the pen for the first time, Ink & Echo offers you a warm, inclusive space. What’s more? Each month features a unique theme, inspiring you to dive deeper into different facets of poetry.

The first hour of Ink & Echo is a workshop tailored to ignite your creative spirit. Guided by author and poet SoulReserve (Lakesong), you’ll dive into writing exercises, learn about different poetic forms, and explore techniques to make your words resonate. This is a safe space to practice, make mistakes, and grow, all while enjoying the thrill of immediate and constructive feedback from your fellow poets.

The second hour opens the floor to you! Step up to the stage and share your freshly minted verses or read from your stash of treasured poems. It’s an intimate, encouraging environment where every voice is celebrated. Each reading segment aligns with the month’s theme, offering a cohesive and engaging experience for readers and listeners alike.

MONTHLY THEME – LETTERS TO THE WATER BEARER

In this workshop, we confront the devastating realities of extreme heat, vanishing water sources, increasing salinity, and the dual threats of floods and rising seas. In this session, we grieve for a planet in turmoil, penning heartfelt letters as voices of future generations left to inherit a ravaged Earth. Through our words, we will lament the loss and reflect on the fragility of our world, capturing the urgency of a crisis that demands both mourning and action.

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LOCATION AND TRANSPORT

The event will be held at Centre for Stories, Northbridge WA 6003. Centre for Stories is a wheelchair accessible venue.

The Perth train station is a 10-minute walk from Centre for Stories. The closest Wilson parking is 2 minutes away at Northbridge Central, 8/6 Errichetti Place.

PHOTOGRAPHY CONSENT

This event may be photographed. By registering for a ticket, you confirm you are giving consent for any photos and recordings to be used by Centre for Stories materials and communications. If you do not wish to be photographed, you must contact us at info@centreforstories.com.

SoulReserve
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Lakshmi Kanchi, pen name SoulReserve, is an emerging Western Australian poet of Indian descent. Her poetry explores love and its tumultuousness and fantasy and zest in nature. And her writing anatomises the complex linkages between history, language, culture and perception. Lakshmi is a dedicated Writing WA and WA Poets Inc. Board Member. Her debut collection, "Lakesong," was recently published by Centre for Stories which explores themes of love, nature, and culturation. She is the recipient of the 2023 Ros Spencer Poetry Prize and the 2021 Pocketry Prize for Unpublished Poets. She was shortlisted twice in a row for the SCWC Wollongong’s Poetry Prize. Lakshmi's poetry has been featured in— ‘Social Alternatives,’ ‘Portside Review,’ ‘Burrow Journal,’ "The Saltbush Review", "Blue Bottle Journal", "Seagift Journal", "Recoil 12" and more. She was the inaugural Poet-in-Residence at The Wetlands Centre through 2022-23 where she worked on her mission to “make poetry accessible to everyone in the wider community”.

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