Writing To Be Heard: A poetry workshop with Es Foong

Name: Writing To Be Heard: A poetry workshop with Es Foong
Start: 2025-08-23T04:00:00+10:00
End: 2025-08-23T07:00:00+10:00
Location: Smith's Alternative

Schedule

Sat Aug 23 2025 at 04:00 am to 07:00 am

UTC+10:00

Location

Smith's Alternative | Canberra, CT

WAGED: $45
UNWAGED: $30
PLEASE NOTE: Numbers at this event are strictly limited.
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, flash fictionista and spoken word performer living on the land of the Wurundjeri people. Their poems have appeared in Australian Poetry Journal, Rabbit Poetry, Kalliope X and the Best of Australian Poems 2022 anthology. They have performed on poetry stages including La Mama Poetica and Queensland Poetry Festival 2022. On-stage, they are the poetic analogue of heavy-metal karaoke. Off-stage, they eat identity labels for breakfast. They live online at waffleirongirl.com.