poetry mini interviews

How does a poem begin? For me, a poem begins with me sitting down with my poetry notebook and a pencil and barely looking at the page, just ...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing? The poets that inspire me the most in this moment are Dexter L. Booth, Jericho Brown, ...

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? It’s difficult to be faced with the strength of my own feelings sometimes. There are p...

How did you first engage with poetry? When I was four or five years old and announced that I wanted to be a poet my dad ran out that day to ...

Maureen O’Leary lives in California. Her recent and upcoming work appears in Coffin Bell Journal , The Black Fork Review , Bandit Fiction ,...