Poetry discussion - Rita Wong's "Flush"

Upon leaving our last event, I got caught in the seasonal rain! I did my best to avoid any spattering of the rain hitting my face and any slippage of my feet on the Lisbon streets. And then, I was like - hmmm why am I so afraid of getting wet? Coincidentally, one of my favorite podcasts, Poetry Unbound, recently did a curation of Rita Wong's "Flush" which is all about water. Take a listen here.

So for this event, we are going to change things up and hold a discussion of both the poem and the curation of the poem by Pádraig Ó Tuama. We will also listen/watch any volunteers who want to share their creative works (written, drawn or performed) on the topic of Rain.

We will be meeting again in the back room of Thank You Mama - who again has generously agreed to host us! So please come prepared to buy a beverage and/or snack.

Event Agenda:
2:00PM - 2:30PM: Networking
2:30PM - 2:45PM: Listen to the Podcast
2:45PM - 4:00PM: Discussion
4:00PM - 5:00PM: Volunteers Share on the topic of Rain

Sharing Principles:

• It is totally up to you on whether you want to share your created work - it can be written, spoken or drawn!
• If you want you can use any the publicly available AI platforms to help you with your creation. We hope you can share some of the learnings you had from using the AI platform.
• If you share, please limit to 2 printed pages (double spaced :)) if written or 5 minutes if spoken/performed!

Look forward to seeing you some of you again and meeting you for the first time!!