poetry mini interviews

How does a poem begin? Every poem has its own origin story. Some begin with a title, some with an image, others with a phrase or even a whol...

What other poetry books have you been reading lately? Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent by Liz Howard; Girl running by Diana Hope Tegen...

How did you first engage with poetry? I had to write terrible rhyming poems in school. My parents both love to read and we grew up memorizin...

What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t? By pushing at the limits and finding a language worthy of yearning, poetry ca...

Why is poetry important?  As a spoken word artist, I know our strength is in telling the truth. In creating something bite sized that can il...

How important is music to your poetry? ''The idea that music and poetry can be separated,'' Ezra Pound wrote, ''is a...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing? Luckily, I’ve already partially answered this question in the course of answering ques...