poetry mini interviews

What are you working on? Right now I have two projects going, in very different stages. The first called Music Before We Were Bodies, and ...

Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began? I’ve moved from thinking that poetry was something made by already famous people...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing? Since writing is all wrapped up with music and performance and image making for me, ...

How important is music to your poetry? I think music and sound are pretty much central to my poetry. I often think of music and poetry as ...

Michael Sikkema is the author of 6 full length books, and over a dozen chapbooks, most recently Caw Caw Phony , forthcoming from Tremblin...