Make Your Poetry Leap with Carmen Leigh Keates

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Harness associative leaps to craft poems that are distinctly yours.

<h3>COVID-19 update: This event has been rescheduled from its original dates, and will now take place 1:30-4:30pm on 15 August 2021. </h3><h3></h3><h2>MAKE YOUR POETRY LEAP</h2><h3>with Carmen Leigh Keates</h3><h3></h3><h3>Harness associative leaps to craft poems that are distinctly yours.</h3>Associative leaps are personal connections in our mind that are not logical. In poetry, associative leaps, or ‘conceptual’ leaps, use the unpredictable connections you are already making constantly. They can help your poetry to extend its metaphors more conceptually and go beyond word choice alone.In this workshop we will start from everyday places or objects and see where they take us as we move further away. We will introduce to each other poetic images that are related through sequence, but that find new life in their new, shortened form. You will finish this workshop with one or more poems that are surprising, highly individualised, and perhaps even satisfyingly disorientating.Unavailable to make it in person? You can also watch this workshop via online live stream! Live stream tickets are available <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/live-stream-make-your-poetry-leap-with-carmen-leigh-keates-tickets-156991430595">here</a>.<h3>Learning Outcomes:</h3>You will learn how to:<ul><li>Easily generate unique poetic images from targeted prompts.</li><li>Build your editing confidence to rearrange and experiment with your original poem draft.</li><li>Create a poem that is surprising and evocative through its use of illogical but complementary imagery.</li></ul><h3>Format:</h3>This is a hybrid workshop with a focus on craft; it is a live stream recording of a face-to-face workshop. It is a level 2 course, suitable for intermediate writers and above.More information on program formats and level definitions can be found <a href="https://queenslandwriters.org.au/guide" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.<h3>About Carmen:</h3>Carmen Leigh Keates is a poet with over a decade of experience in helping people with their writing. Carmen's cinema-themed poetry collection METEORITES won the Whitmore Press manuscript prize and then went on to be shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards. Carmen is also part of QWC's Writers' Surgery program of intensive editorial support.

<h3>Conditions of Entry</h3>State Library of Queensland are open in line with the Queensland Government’s <a href="https://www.covid19.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/127150/DPC7309-COVID-19-Restrictions-roadmap.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Roadmap to easing restrictions</a>. The health and safety of our staff and visitors is our top priority.1. You will not be able to enter State Library if:<ul><li>You currently have COVID-19.</li><li>You have been told to quarantine.</li><li>You are unwell or are displaying <a href="https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/stay-informed/symptoms-of-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-comparison" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">COVID-19 or cold/flu symptoms</a>, no matter how mild.</li><li>You have been in contact with anyone diagnosed with COVID-19 in the last 14 days.</li><li>You have returned from overseas travel in the last 14 days.</li><li>You have returned from a <a href="https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/current-status/hotspots-covid-19" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">declared COVID-19 hotspot</a> in the last 14 days.</li></ul>2. Use the hand sanitiser provided before you enter.3. Your details will be requested via our booking systems, and this information may be forwarded to Queensland Health if necessary for COVID-19 contact tracing procedures.4. You must leave the building following your booking to allow for spaces to be sanitised in between sessions.5. Keep 1.5 metres away from others at all times.6. Only EFTPOS transactions are available at this time (no cash accepted).The conditions may be subject to change.We respect your privacy. Personal information we collect is used only for our internal activities and functions (<a href="https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1988-029" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Libraries Act 1988 (Qld)</a>) and will not be disclosed unless required by law. 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If you are under 18 years of age, please check with us for suitability before purchasing a ticket. Membership will be confirmed on arrival, in the event it isn't current, membership will need to be arranged.What are my transport/parking options for getting to and from the event?Information on getting to the State Library of Queensland can be found <a href="http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/visit-us" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here.</a>What can I bring into the event?You can bring either pen and paper or a laptop along with you to write with. If you do bring a laptop, please remember to bring a power adaptor if necessary. Will this event be live streamed?Queensland Writers Centre aims to provide material to its membership regardless of where they reside within Queensland by live streaming some events. Attendees may be broadcast periodically throughout the event as recording takes place. If you wish not to be filmed, let staff know prior to the event.How can I contact the organiser with any questions?You can contact us by phone on 07 3842 9922 or email us at admin@qldwriters.org.auWhat's the refund policy?If Queensland Writers Centre cancels an event, we will try to reschedule it for a later date. If we cannot reschedule the event, or if you are unable to attend on the amended date, your payment will be refunded in full.Except in special circumstances, if you cancel a booking for, or are unable to attend an event, workshop, seminar, or course, Queensland Writers Centre cannot provide a refund. You can contact us to discuss your situation on 07 3842 9922 or email us at admin@qldwriters.org.auTerms and ConditionsAll information is correct at the time of publication. We reserve the right to make changes to the advertised program information (including course content and tutors), but if this occurs, we will try to provide as much notice as possible.We expect that all participants will behave respectfully and professionally towards their tutor and fellow students. We reserve the right to remove anyone who behaves in an aggressive or disruptive manner. If a participant is asked to leave the class on this basis, we will not offer a refund.We cannot accept responsibility for any loss, damage or expense sustained by students as a result of an event or circumstance whether arising from natural cause, human agency or beyond our control otherwise.