Luka Lesson has spent the last 13 years facilitating workshops for poets of all levels of experience in many countries across the planet. This particular process will focus on a pivotal moment in the participants’ life as the central point of a new poem – as well as performance techniques and individual feedback. Luka brings this workshop from his annual Rhodes Poetry Retreat program to the Melbourne Spoken Word Festival, and it is his only public workshop in Melbourne for 2019.

Luka Lesson brings his unique style of Slam Poetry meets conscious acoustic rap to Melbourne for the release of ‘Welcome to Paradox’. Accompanied by Meena Shamaly on various instruments and programmed beats, as well as other special guests, this is a night of lyricism, politics, love, passion and vulnerability.

Featuring: Arielle Cottingham, Nikki Viveca, Stephanie Dogfoot, Anthony WP O’Sullivan and host, Scott Wings.

A night of poetry as you’ve never seen (or heard) it before, pitting poets against each other in a battle of verbal vigour. This is an unmissable night of bizarre challenges, curious questions and hopefully some blood.

Proudly presented by Going Down Swinging and Melbourne Spoken Word, as part of the Melbourne Spoken Word and Poetry Festival (MSWPF19).