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poet's life

In Search of Spring: Can Poetry Change the World? by Vanessa Kisuule

Kirsten Luckins 1st December 2022 Library, Sustain

I’m often asked about the Purpose of Poetry. Usually, I’m armed with a scattering of stock answers, duty bound to …

Beyond Submissions by Naush Sabah

Kirsten Luckins 1st December 2022 Graft, Sustain, The Knowledge

I found myself in conversation with another editor recently and realised that despite being a published poet herself, she didn’t …

A dream cut out of the air by Joelle Taylor

Kirsten Luckins 1st July 2022 Library, Sustain, The Knowledge

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There is no way to succeed in poetry. There is no way to fail. There is only poetry. Everything else …

Be where the people are by Jemilea Wisdom-Baako

Kirsten Luckins 1st July 2022 Graft, Library

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I step into boardrooms unsure of myself, the lanyard around my neck has a cute photo I took at the …

On reading writers I don’t know and whose names I can’t pronounce by Shazea Quraishi

Kirsten Luckins 1st July 2022 Craft, Library

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As I write this, my view is of our tiny back garden where through the open window I can hear …

Academia / Odyssey / Lyric Essay by Jane Burn

Kirsten Luckins 19th April 2022 Library, The Knowledge

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Courage is multiplex. Part of courage is admitting what you do / do not know; courage is vulnerability before that …

How to find your community when you don’t know anyone by Christy Ku

Kirsten Luckins 19th April 2022 Graft, Library, Sustain

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“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” Yet another guest speaker at our school gives this ‘advice’ to …

Roots and Routes by Kat François

Kirsten Luckins 17th February 2022 Library, Sustain

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We continue our series of essays On Being A Woman Poet with performance artist Kat François’ reflections on her journey …

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