Writing Elegy Workshop with Amy Lin
Schedule
Sat Oct 08 2022 at 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Location
Centre for Stories | Perth, WA
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Writing ElegyAmy Lin
Saturday 8th October 10–11.30am
Death and love are the two great subjects of poetry, and some say that grief is love with nowhere to go. So how do you write an elegy, essentially a love poem for someone who is gone? How do you give form to an experience that is underpinned by absence and lack? How do you avoid “emotional wallow” and sentimentality when writing of grief, one of the most intense emotional experiences?
This workshop explores modern and contemporary elegies and examines how the form has evolved from the twentieth century to today. Participants will practise writing elegies, whether about a loved one, a pet, or some other lost thing, through the stimulus of writing exercises.
The workshop will unpack how to write about grief and loss in a way that grounds the experience in the concrete, avoiding universal and tired abstractions, and maintaining a subtlety and maturity in relation to a feeling that can adapt and evolve, just like the words on the page.
This event takes place on Whadjuk Noongar Country. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge that this is, was and always will be Aboriginal Land.
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Where is it happening?
Centre for Stories, 100 Aberdeen St,Perth,WA,AustraliaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
