poetry mini interviews

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? Finding readers. A lot of poetry seems to fall into a big fat wide silence.  50 years ...

Why is poetry important? What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t? I find it hard to say, though I feel strongly that p...

Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began? I was mature when I started seriously to write. At that point I had read and taugh...

How do you know when a poem is finished? Everything is unfinished. It always is. I remember being outraged when learning that W.H. Auden sai...

For decades Dennis Cooley has been active as poet, editor, teacher, critic, mentor, publisher in Winnipeg. He has published thirty books, i...