poetry mini interviews

How does a poem begin? With the light just-so, a change in external or internal weather, or feelings getting fucked with by the state or t...

Why is poetry important? To mark where we are, each of us, even if we aren't sure how we got there.

When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book that you return to? A particular author? Sometimes I do a sort of brain-joggi...

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry?  Because my poems are entirely written w/ a first-person speaker, & very feeling...

How do you know when a poem is finished? When it's time to do something else. Jack Spicer: "Poetry ends like a rope."

Alina Pleskova is a poet who lives in Philly by way of Moscow. Her first chapbook, What Urge Will Save Us, was published by Spooky Girlfr...