poetry mini interviews

When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book that you return to? A particular author? When our baby was born with a grievous...

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? The most difficult thing about writing poetry is not writing poetry. Reading about eve...

How do you know when a poem is finished? Yeats says a poem should end like a well-made box, closing, but these days I know a poem is finishe...

How did you first engage with poetry? My introduction to poetry was extremely random and archaic-- two qualities which may be found in my po...

Joyelle McSweeney is the author of ten books, most recently Toxicon & Arachne , poems; The Necropastoral: Poetry, Media, Occults , a go...