poetry mini interviews

How do you know when a poem is finished?  I usually stop the poem when it ends on a word or a verse that makes me say “Aha.” Then, when I r...

What other poetry books have you been reading lately? Recently I read Port of Being by Shazia Hafiz Ramji, who is an incredible poet. I lo...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing?  The one course that changed the way I perceive and write poetry is English 472- Adva...

What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t?  Novels and other forms of writing often have a strict structure and style, ...

Hasan Namir was born in Iraq in 1987. He graduated from Simon Fraser University with a BA in English and received the Ying Chen Creative ...