poetry mini interviews

What other poetry books have you been reading lately? The last two poetry books I've read have been: Censored Poems by Marin Sorescu a...

What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t? My book started off as research, nothing more. As it developed and I became ...

How does your work first enter the world? Do you have a social group or writers group that you work ideas and poems with? Yes, though I spe...

How do you know when a poem is finished? I seldom return to a poem without seeing a way of improving it. Usually the improvement is not an ...

Mary J. Oliver’s background is in the visual arts, teaching and exhibiting in Scotland and England. She switched to writing fulltime ten ...