poetry mini interviews

How important is music to your poetry? I can't write even a grocery list while listening to recorded music. Music is too compelling to m...

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? Metaphor. Several poets I know spill glorious metaphors from their pens, implying worl...

Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began? Almost every day. Each new poet I read (well, almost each) offers new possibilitie...

Jean Van Loon is an Ottawa writer of poetry and short fiction. Her first poetry collection, Building on River (Cormorant, 2018), was a fin...