poetry mini interviews

How important is music to your poetry? Incredibly. I find a lot of inspiration in Karen Dalton, Joni Mitchell, Lucia Williams, Gillian Welch...

When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book that you return to? A particular author? I read Meditation at Lagunitas by Rob...

What are you working on? I am almost finished with a chapbook called, “In the Primate Room With the Beloved” which integrates poems from the...

Why is poetry important? Poetry reminds us that we are cellular beings composed mostly of emptiness, and at our best, the potential of anoth...

Born to Pakistani-American immigrant artists, Jai Hamid Bashir was raised in The American West. Jai has been published by The American Poet...