poetry mini interviews

How does a poem begin? For me, a poem tends to begin in one of three ways: (1) An image. Something I see or encounter, or from my memories, ...

Why is poetry important?  I think that poetry is perhaps one of the most anti-capitalist of the art forms in that a poem is rarely generated...

What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t? I feel like poetry is perhaps the most fluid of forms, the one most capable o...

How do you know when a poem is finished? I have a kind of internal barometer that I like to refer the “cringe test.” If, over time, I can re...

Lee Ann Roripaugh’s fifth volume of poetry, tsunami vs. the fukushima 50 (Milkweed Editions, 2019), was named a “Best Book of 2019” by the...