poetry mini interviews

What are you working on? This last year has wreaked havoc on how we answer questions like How are you doing , not to mention What are you wo...

How important is music to your poetry? It is so absolutely fundamental that it’s only been in the last few years that I’ve begun to fully gr...

How do you know when a poem is finished? When I was starting out as a teenager, I thought that a poem was a vessel I could pour my expressiv...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing? I could mention quite a few poets who have expanded my understanding of what can be do...

Robert van Vliet is a poet, designer, and teacher who lives in Minneapolis. His poems have appeared in The Sixth Chamber Review , Autumn Sk...