poetry mini interviews

How did you first engage with poetry? The first time I felt a poem immediately change me was when I finished one called “Fever Dream” in 201...

Michael Lithgow’s poetry and essays have appeared in various journals including the Literary Review of Canada (LRC) , The /Temz/ Review , C...

How does a poem begin? It begins with one phrase—a weirdly described image or meaningful declaration or simple arrangement of words—that I’v...

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? I think the longer I do it and the more I make myself write even when I don't thin...

Ellen Adair is an actor, and her Pushcart-nominated book Curtain Speech , published by Pen & Anvil press, is a collection of poems abou...

Irina Moga is a Romanian-born Canadian poet, author of five poetry books, and a member of the Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC). Sea Glass Ci...

How did you first engage with poetry? Poetry was just a part of growing up in Ireland. As a Roman Catholic, Irish farmer's daughter in r...