poetry mini interviews

Why is poetry important?  I chuckle when I hear someone say that they don’t read poetry. Poetry is everywhere! It shows up at the wedding, c...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing? Margaret Atwood. I first read You Are Happy when I wasn’t. It was 1974 and I was 19 ...

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? I love writing. Yes, it’s difficult but I feel like I’m exploring, learning, on a ques...

What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t? I don’t believe that poetry sets out to accomplish, succeed, complete or fini...

How does your work first enter the world? Do you have a social group or writers group that you work ideas and poems with? I seem to wait for...

Katherine Lawrence is the author of three collections of poetry for adults and a young adult novel-in-verse. Her books have won and been no...