poetry mini interviews

Thank you for including me in this virtual space for poets! I want to leave you with something to chew on (one of my favourite stanzas of po...

How do you know when a poem is finished? Apart from some deep down, body-mind intuition, I often feel a poem is finished when I am brave eno...

When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book that you return to? A particular author? Faced with the death of someone I love...

What other poetry books have you been reading lately? Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent by Liz Howard; Girl running by Diana Hope Tegen...

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? The inner critics—there are many and they are loud. It takes an incredible amount of e...

Elena Bentley is a disabled, bi, Métis/settler poet, writer, editor, and book reviewer who lives near Saskatoon. She is a Citizen of Métis ...