Maribyrnong Australian Poetry Slam (APS) Workshop with John Englezos

Next date: Saturday, 22 August 2026 | 11:00 AM to 01:00 PM

Poets Run This!

Ever wanted to tell your story with oomph, perform your poems with power or just deliver a speech without a slide-show clicker?

Word Travels presents Australian Poetry Slam (APS) Workshops to help you select from the thousands of metaphors running through your head. Learn how to slam your poetry – how to move a live audience with your words.

Word Travels’ award-winning spoken word artist, John Englezos inspires you to get your thoughts on paper then rip scrawled leaves of passion from your notebook and ignite them on stage.

APS Workshops empower you to do more than stream other people’s creativity. This is your chance to make your stories matter; to transform your introspective ideas into crowd roars and finger clicks.

Write new stuff or re-shape your existing work before you hit high scores from the judges in your local Australian Poetry Slam heat.

Whether you’re a quiet dreamer or an outspoken wordsmith, answer the call of a mic on a stand that’s been whispering your name since you were a kid. Join APS Workshops and show the world how POETS RUN THIS!

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About the poet

John Englezos is a spoken word poet and Melbourne’s 2015 Poetry Slam Champion. His work has been described as “Pixar in poetry” with his book If The World Were Upside Down centering around notions of Hope, Identity, and Wonder.

John was on the first team to represent Australia in 2017 at the National Poetry Slam Championships in Denver, Colorado USA.

John has been a presenter, speaker coach and host for Tedx, runs workshops and one-on-one sessions around poetry, performance, and self-reflection, is an uncle to six amazing kids and a brother to many.