poetry mini interviews

I’m still so new to poetry, and I still have a lot to learn, but one thing I do know is that poetry is a beautiful art form that challenges ...

Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began? 100%! By reading other poets, I find my own poetry rushing to catch up to the bril...

How important is music to your poetry? Music is vital to my writing process. I have such a hard time writing in silence. I need music to act...

How do you know when a poem is finished? This is a really interesting and varied question. No two poems are the same, and sometimes what I t...

How does a poem begin? For the most part, with an image or a question. Something I want to explore or probe. In a poem I currently have out ...

Jared Povanda is a writer, poet, and freelance editor from upstate New York. He has been nominated multiple times for Best of the Net and Be...