Nature Persists:
POETRY FOR URBAN RESILIENCE WITH ZENA EDWARDS
A poetry workshop to evolve your writing practice by observing the natural world in cities and towns.
Write, create and build resilience for urban environments using journaling, poetry and the written and spoken word.
In this 90min online workshop participants will discuss the symbolism of the natural world and how to sharpen your own poetic lens. Using visual prompts examine how awe and wonder can return to us an imaginative coping mechanism to inspire authentic writing. This event if free to attend.
Those who attend will leave with a number of exercises that they can practice in their own time.
Presented by Apples & Snakes for the Deptford Literature Festival. We encourage you to check out the other events happening at the festival, and there is access information available through the link.
Zena Edwards
Zena Edwards has been performing poetry for more than 20 years at venues across London and beyond. Her innovative solo shows – Security, Travelling Light and The Fury Project – combine poetry and theatre; André Naffis-Sahely has described her as ‘more an orchestral conductor than a solo performer’.
Edwards is currently working towards her first collection. ‘It’s a story of embodiment of the ancestral line,’ she writes. ‘It will touch on themes of the body and personal sovereignty, belonging and home, spirituality and faith, nature and environmental awareness.’