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Presented by Lakshmi Kanchi [SoulReserve]
A new monthly gathering for poets, listeners and the quietly curious.
Ink & Echo is a Saturday evening sanctuary for poetic exploration - part workshop, part open reading - hosted by writer and performer Lakshmi Kanchi (SoulReserve), author of Lakesong.
The evening unfolds in two parts.
The first hour is a guided writing session designed to loosen the grip of the blank page. Through exercises, poetic forms and gentle provocation, Lakshmi invites participants to experiment with language, rhythm and voice.
Then the room shifts. The floor opens.
Step forward to share a new poem, something half-finished, or a piece you’ve carried for years. Ink & Echo is an intimate, supportive space where every voice - seasoned or first-time - is welcomed.
Each month centres on a new theme to spark the work.
March theme: The Unreliable Narrator
Every poem is a witness. Some witnesses lie. Some misremember. Some angle the truth because the straight version would break them. In this session, we write into that narrative instability: the voice that contradicts itself, the speaker who edits the past in real time, the confession that keeps changing its clothes. We’ll explore poems as unreliable testimony, half-dream, half-evidence. Made-up stories polished into lore. A memory that feels true even when it isn’t. You can write from a persona who is defensive, enchanted, ashamed, smug, grieving, or simply unsure. But how do you keep the reader hooked when the story won’t sit still? Your poems are a trial of perception, and the verdict is never final.
If you already have work that fits the theme, bring it along to share.
Access is complimentary for LF members.