poetry mini interviews

How do you know when a poem is finished? Poetry doesn’t finish. A text solidifies into different drafts and iterations—even into the book ob...

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? The lack of apparatus. Volunteer culture lends itself to the hobbyist. Limited structu...

Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began? I used to work according to the idea of a self-contained poem. Now I’m no longer s...

What are you working on? I just finished a collaborative residency at Artexte with the U.K.-based artist, Kadie Salmon . We co-created a sc...

Winner of the 2019 Pat Lowther Memorial Award and shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, Klara du Plessis’ debut collection Ekk...