poetry mini interviews

Why is poetry important? This is a big pretentious question, but I think it’s extremely important. Poetry is more important than eve...

How important is music to your poetry? Music is central to my poetry. The music of language, that is. I feel very strongly that poet...

When you require renewal is there a particular poem or book or author that you return to? These days Elizabeth Bishop. For a long ti...

How did you first engage with poetry? This is going to sound morbid, but after my father died in 2004 we needed some lines to put on...

Robin Durnford was born in St. John’s and grew up on the west coast of Newfoundland. She is the author of three books of poetry: A Lo...