poetry mini interviews

How important is music to your poetry? Music is extremely important. I've always had a very strong connection to music in general, so ...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing? I started reading Sylvia Plath's work when I was in my late teens and early twen...

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? The beginning is the most difficult for me, when the page is blank. The first ideas ...

How do you know when a poem is finished? It's strange because there is a feeling, the way the words sound at the end, maybe. But there...

Shannon Mastromonico was born and raised in Montreal. She has been writing poetry/creating art for over twenty years and is an alumni of ...