poetry mini interviews

How does a poem begin?  A poem begins with an intimation. Now, whether this is the echo of a hint and whisper of some profound intimacy with...

How does a poem begin? Rarely with a specific line or bit of language, as seems to be the case for others. More often, it’s more of a physio...

How did you first engage with poetry?  As a teenager of the emo persuasion, I had written song lyrics and some rather dark rhymes, but my re...

What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t? I think poetry often operates outside of capitalist economies of value and ex...

What other poetry books have you been reading lately? I’ve been reading Leaving Holds Me Here: Selected Poems by Glen Sorestad, whose poems...

Why is poetry important?  Poetry is the creation of a space, a vessel, a vacuum, that can hold whatever it is you need held. Besides that, I...

How does your work first enter the world? Do you have a social group or writers group that you work ideas and poems with? I seem to wait for...