THE final oration of the year is set to be had for the Ballarat Spoken Word regular events, with the last session for 2022 reaching full voice for next week.<\/p>\n
With 11 sessions held since starting earlier this year, 2022\u2019s offerings will culminate on Wednesday, 7 December at the Femxle Experience Art Rebellion space at Bridge Mall.<\/p>\n
The free event will include a 40-minute reading by feature poet Lewis Allan, which founder and convenor Marty Monstar said will present a Gothic end to the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll have a real ambience with a smoke machine, candles to provide more of a performative poetry reading,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll have our open mic segment with five slots before Lewis. He draws on Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe. We\u2019ll have another five on after him as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s all about performance and I really like to embrace that in presenting Ballarat Spoken Word.\u201d<\/p>\n
Monstar started the spoken word sessions in March after moving to Ballarat from Melbourne.<\/p>\n
A practicing poet since 2016, he said the sessions are about fostering a safe and encouraging space for Ballarat\u2019s budding and seasoned writers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a non-judgemental and safe environment for poets, first-timers or not,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a big scene in Melbourne and they\u2019re very cliquey whereas I\u2019ve found Ballarat to be more a warm family environment.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I do, which doesn\u2019t happen in other poetry scenes, is get up and talk to them about their process and insight and motivation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about the community and embracing that, and capturing the speaker\u2019s moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cPoetry\u2019s extremely personal so you\u2019ve got to provide the space for someone to be confident to share their story.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE final oration of the year is set to be had for the Ballarat Spoken Word regular events, with the last session for 2022 reaching full voice for next week. With 11 sessions held since starting earlier this year, 2022\u2019s offerings will culminate on Wednesday, 7 December at the Femxle Experience Art Rebellion space at […]<\/p>\n