Elegy / Australian Poetry
Fri
6
Fri 6 Sep 6:30 PM
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Emerald Hill Library
Accessible Toilet
Auslan Interpreted, On Request
Live Captioned, On Request
Wheelchair Accessible
General Admission
September
Elegy: (in modern literature) a poem of serious reflection, typically for the dead.
What does it mean to write in honour of the dead? Who is elegy for, and what are the ethical considerations and implications of such writing? These four poets come together to share their own elegiac poetry in a mediation on grief - from the individual to the collective. Part performance, part discussion, writers will untangle the form as it relates to multiple, expansive understandings and expressions of mourning across time and space.
What does it mean to write in honour of the dead? Who is elegy for, and what are the ethical considerations and implications of such writing? These four poets come together to share their own elegiac poetry in a mediation on grief - from the individual to the collective. Part performance, part discussion, writers will untangle the form as it relates to multiple, expansive understandings and expressions of mourning across time and space.
