In the current milieu of movement, migration, environmental and societal changes, poetry resonates again. It is being used as a way to understand and develop personal identities. The workshop will explore readings of poets and poetry from various parts of the world to explore different voices, issues and styles.

The word ‘home’ evokes a complex set of ideas in time, when global immigration and refugee-crises continue while travel for leisure and soul-searching becomes increasingly accessible and popular. Whether home means a set of displaced people or lost objects, or a hell you arrived at running away from another hell, or a place with bright prospects in the future, it is an idea deeply connected to your notions of who you are. Through readings in poetry and writing exercises, in this two-day workshop, participants will explore the intricate links between language, home and self.

Participants will explore fun, unique and immersive poetry forms such as Black Out poetry, Pantoum, Japanese Whispers and beautiful in-law among others!

Faculty

Snehal Vadher is an educator and a writer who has been teaching English and creative writing for over eight years. He holds a masters degree in creative writing from The University of Manchester. He spent the last two years voluntary-teaching English in rural Nepal. He currently writes part-time for Peepal Farm, a stray animal rescue centre near Dharamsala. Some of his work can be found online at Vayavya, Almost Island and Juggernaut.