poetry mini interviews

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? I'm trying to finish a poem I started ten years ago. I haven't been working on...

Why is poetry important? Because we need passports we don’t have to apply for and the next thing you know you’re already back but—something...

How does a poem begin? Put your boots on. Step the blade of your shovel into the earth. You are the earth. No—you’re the shovel. I mean the ...

How do you know when a poem is finished? Pretend you’re dead. If you can rest in peace, the poem is done. If you’re still rolling in your gr...

Kelli Stevens Kane is a poet, playwright, and oral historian. She’s the author of Hallelujah Science (Spuyten Duyvil, October 2020). Kane i...