poetry mini interviews

Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began? It has, yes, markedly. In a way, that change still reflects those two early poetic...

When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book that you return to? A particular author? Brigit Pegeen Kelly, “Song,” one of th...

How important is music to your poetry? Crucial.  All poems have their music, sometimes subtle, sometimes brash, and the cadence, tonal shift...

Arden Hunter is an aroace agender writer, artist and performer. With an eclectic range of interests from the horrific to the whimsical, the...

How did you first engage with poetry? My mom used to read me poetry when I was a baby! She “gave” my sister and I each our own e.e cummings ...

How do you know when a poem is finished? In my eyes, a poem is never finished. I even tinker after a poem has done well in a competition. I ...

How does a poem begin? It might begin with an image, an experience, something overheard, a phrase or line that suddenly comes to me. Then th...