Writing and Performing Poetry

Discover the power of your voice through poetry. Whether you’re a seasoned wordsmith looking to add to your repertoire, or putting pen to paper for the first time, this course is for everybody. You’ll be guided step-by-step through the process of writing and performing your poetry.

Brainstorm ideas around a subject of your choice and use your senses to build a framework for the poem. Learn the different types of poetry (rhyming, syllable counts, metaphors + more) and how to lay out and edit your work.

You will finish with exercises on how to memorise and perform your poem verbally, voice projection, building confidence, overcoming fear and how to use a microphone. By the end of the course, you’ll have crafted a poem that’s uniquely yours—and be ready to present it with pride.

This course runs for four sessions, over four consecutive weeks at our Lismore campus.

TRAINER

Vincent Stead writes and performs poetry locally in Lismore and surrounds. He has won the People’s Choice Award and been a finalist in the Nimbin Performance Poetry World Cup, NSW finalist in the Australian Poetry Slam and feature poet at numerous events in NSW and QLD. Alongside training at ACE, he helps run Vocable Poetry at SeeSpace in Lismore. He has recently published ‘Simple Poems For Complex People – Volume One’ on Amazon.

MATERIALS

Please bring a notebook and pen/s to take notes.