Poetry in Place

Presented by Darebin Arts as part of the inSITU: Workshop Program 

What does the world around you have to say? Pay attention. You’ll find that every place has hidden layers waiting to share meaning.  

In this workshop you will look at the places you encounter daily and surface things from your inner world - places within your imagination.  

Using the idea of "emotional landscapes" as a springboard, we will create poetry reflecting on what is embedded in places around us. Places have their own memory of the social, cultural, Indigenous, historical, ordinary, spectacular or boring things that happened there. 

Led by textures, sights, sounds and smells, you'll be encouraged to shift your attention and see what the poetry of place reveals. 

The Darebin Intercultural Centre is fully wheelchair accessible, has all gender bathrooms, a prayer room and a low sensory space. 

If you would like to come along and require Auslan Interpretation please send us an email at writingprojects@darebin.vic.gov.au.

Facilitator's Bio:

Susie Anderson is a proud Wergaia & Wemba Wemba woman from Western Victoria who writes poetry and nonfiction. Her work reflects on the hidden layers of visual arts practice, Country, memory and place, and has been published by galleries, poetry and literature journals in Australia and abroad. Susie’s poetry collection The Body Country was published with Hachette in 2023 and shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award.