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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.
Monthly Theme : April 2026
Microclimates
Not all weather arrives with thunder. Sometimes it begins with a slammed drawer, a missed call, a look held a beat too long. In this workshop we trace the moods, omens, irritations, and tendernesses that seem small on their own but shift everything around them... following the butterfly effect of feeling, where private atmospheres spill into shared climate and the most intimate disturbances echo outward into larger questions of instability and change. What does it mean to live through inner weather while the planet, too, is changing temperament? Expect poems of build-up, drift, charge, and fallout. Poems where the personal becomes planetary, and the barely noticeable becomes impossible to ignore.
If you already have work that fits the theme, bring it along to share.
Access is complimentary for LF members.