somewhere between spoken word, a reading, a performative lecture, and an artist talk, 'have you ever meta haiku' is a deeply personal and unflinchingly honest journey through healing & recovery. it discusses gender, addiction, trauma, and the meta use of form to convey more than just words on a page can.
moving out of the darkness of rock bottoms and abuse and finding humour, light, and hope, it is as funny as it is moving, as entertaining as it is informative, and features live performances of 'book shaped kinetic poetry sculptures' - poems in which words appear and disappear as they move across and through the pages they are printed upon revealing hidden depths, meanings and metaphors.
it explains what a 'meta haiku' is, and how and what the meta use, and wilful misuse, of form can mean and do whether it be conceptual, physical, or both.
it features my 'book shaped kinetic poetry sculptures' deep diving on the context of their creation as well as explaining the nuances and depths of each poem's conceptualisation and construction.
part three is open for questions, answers, and discussion after which the audience is free to engage with the full range of poems 1 on 1
