Welcoming Words: Searching for Asylum in Poetry
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Negative representations of asylum seekers have been a hallmark of recent political discourse around the world. But re-visiting literary motifs and incorporating these into contemporary poetry potentially helps writers and readers reframe refugee journeys in positive and interesting ways. From Virgil to Keats, the Australian National Anthem to contemporary free verse, poetry demonstrates the courageous quest and hospitality to the stranger as perennially human. Come to hear the ways poetry, old and new, can deliver the narratives that politicians and media can't or won't.
