poetry mini interviews

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? Stripping away superfluity to leave on the page only what needs to be there. This pr...

What other poetry books have you been reading lately? I’ve been savouring chapbooks from Baseline Press’s recent launch, including Nisa Ma...

How important is music to your poetry? I can feel and think poetry only as a form of music. Texture, dissonance, tension, rhythm, melody –...

How do you know when a poem is finished? When I can no longer recognize it as a thing with which I’ve had much to do, and I’m able to ente...

Shelly Harder hails from rural Ontario. A first chapbook, remnants , came out with Baseline Press in 2018. Find more of their work at har...