poetry mini interviews

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry?  Aside from carving out chunks of uninterrupted time to write, beginning & ending ...

How does a poem begin? A poem doesn’t begin, it just is. I don’t mean that to be flip. I just believe that a poem is always kind of latent i...

How does your work first enter the world? Do you have a social group that you work ideas and poems with? Mouse Eggs . When I was a young poe...

How did you first engage with poetry? As a boy, I went to church services at least three times per week. Our songs were sung in a cappella, ...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing? At one point, many of my favorite poets were all old white guys named William: Shakesp...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing? Patricia Smith for her approach to subjects the reader thinks she knows about; her wor...

Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began? When I first started writing poetry 11 years ago, I wrote short pieces with the in...