poetry mini interviews

When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book that you return to? A particular author? The ocean is my favourite poem.

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 have workshop ...

What other poetry books have you been reading lately? I’m re-reading Sugarblood by Liz Bowen. It’s a gift of a book, a core text in my si...

What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t? To echo Estlin McPhee’s response to one of your questions, I love how poetr...

How do you know when a poem is finished? Time and intuition. I tend to write quite quickly when I am writing, and by the time I reach the ...

Kyla Jamieson is a poet and editor who lives and relies on the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waut...