poetry mini interviews

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? For me, the process is can be obsessive and that is sometimes difficult, in that I can...

How does a poem begin? A poem usually begins with a feeling, an image, a flashback. I then take that and apply some kind of frame of referen...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing? For me, it was the poet, Aaron Kent. He redefined for me what was possible on a page, ...

How did you first engage with poetry? I first found poetry through Henry Rollins. I was/am a massive Black Flag / Rollins Band fan and consu...

Stuart McPherson is a poet from Leicester in the United Kingdom. His work has appeared in online journals including Beir Bua Journal , Afte...