Poetry of the Times
We kick off Poetica 2023 with four gutsy poetic voices including Mammad Aidani, who investigates the experience of Iranian and Middle Eastern immigrants and refugees and whose writings have been banned in Iran. We feature the poetry of Misbah Wolf, author of ‘Rooftops in Karachi’ and ‘Carapace’ (2022) and currently working on “an almighty, beautiful heretical book”! Award-winning poet Jennifer Compton is a compelling presence on page and stage and will read from “the moment, taken” (2021) and Les Wicks, published across 36 countries and 15 languages, will read from his 15th poetry collection “Time Taken – New and Selected” (2022).
Poets: Mammad Aidani, Jennifer Compton, Misbah Wolf and Les Wicks
Host: Amanda Anastasi
Poetica March 2023 will be livestreamed on March 28, 8pm as well. Livestream playback will be available for 48 hrs.
Access Information:
Visual rating 50%: Events are partly subtitled or include dialogue, background music and/or sounds, so d/Deaf and hard of hearing audiences can have some engagement with the event.
Aural Rating 100%: Entirely sound-based with no visual elements and can be fully experienced by blind or low vision audiences.
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