PoetiCas has been hosting regular poetry gatherings in Castlemaine since 2015, following on the tradition of Ross Donlon's poetry readings in the decade prior. It has grown into a wonderful community and their monthly events are beloved by many. Lockdowns and uncertainty put their activities on pause for much of 2020 and 2021, and they are now thrilled to announce a new chapter at a fine new venue.
The usual format brings a feature poet to share their work, as well as an open section for the community to share their own original poems in a warm and supportive space, lovingly MC'd by local poet and publisher Tegan Gigante. All are welcome to attend, to read or just to listen.
October 28: Feature Poet
Rachael Wenona Guy creates writing, performance and visual art including puppet-based, visual theatre for adults and multi-media installations examining memory, embodiment and identity. She has collaborated with poet Andy Jackson and filmmaker Leonie Van Eyk to make works that explore multi-dimensional poetics through sound, word, film and image. In 2020 she published her first collection of poetry “The Hungry Air” with Walleah Press, Tasmania.
She says:
'I make work to understand what I think and feel and to connect with what others might think or feel.
Through writing and imagery, I attempt to articulate the nuances of this beautiful, confusing existence, the in-between spaces of fugue and disruption.
I seek to be real, to hold all the battered oddments of subjectivity, both beautiful and abject.
I turn to behold the now softening, but turbulent bewilderment at being a post-menopausal woman witnessing the world with a recalibrated way of seeing.'
2pm for a 2.30 start
4th Saturday of every month
in The Coolroom at the Northern Arts Hotel
359 Barker St, Castlemaine
Open section as usual, limited to 3 minutes per reader.
All Welcome! $5 donation at the door much appreciated.
So buy a drink from the bar and join us at The Coolroom at the Northern Arts Hotel, the new home for PoetiCas.
Contact Tegan: poeticaspoeticas@outlook.com