Poetising Myth
a workshop by Usha Kishore

This is a one off workshop on “poetising myth” conducted by internationally published poet and translator Usha Kishore as part of the ‘Threads Across Waters’ exhibition.
Participants are requested to bring along ideas of myths or legends from around the world, so that they can write a poem interpreting their myth. A good idea would be to bring along an image of the myth/legend as well.
The participants will be able to take away their “mythical poem” (in one or two drafts).The writing process can be on paper or electronically.
All levels welcome.

about Usha
Usha Kishore is an Indian born British poet and translator resident on the Isle of Man, where she teaches English at the Queen Elizabeth II High School. Usha’s poetry has been published in international journals including Aesthetica, Asia Literary Review  Bare Fiction Magazine, Index on Censorship, Poetry Salzburg Review, South Asian Ensemble, South Asian Review, The French Literary Review, The Frogmore Papers, The Stinging Fly and The Warwick Review. She has also been anthologised by Macmillan, Hodder Wayland and Oxford University Press (UK), Harper Collins and Orient BlackSwan (India). Her poetry is part of the British Primary and Indian Middle School and Undergraduate syllabi. Usha won the Exiled Writers Ink Poetry Competition in 2014 and the Pre-Raphaelite Poetry Prize in 2013.  She is the author of two poetry collections and one book of translation from the Sanskrit. Her third poetry collection is forthcoming in Autumn 2017, from Eyewear Publishing, London.  Usha has read at various venues including Manx Radio, Near FM Dublin and at the House of Lords.

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