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Writing Workshop: Shaping Eco-Poems

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If a forest were a poem, what would it look like? If you wrote a poem addressed to the sea, what would you say?

In this generative poetry workshop we will look at shapes and forms of contemporary eco-poems from around the world. We will consider what it means to write eco-poetry during a time of ecological crisis, and how a poem may hold complicated feelings of grief, anxiety and hope. Looking at the work of writers such as Astra Papachristodoulou, Victoria Chang and Hana Pera Aoake, we will use a mix of visual and written prompts to craft poems (or poem-fragments) that redefine the boundaries of what an eco-poem can be.

Led by Nina Mingya Powles.
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