poetry mini interviews

Matthew M. C. Smith is a writer from Swansea, Wales. He writes about landscape, the passage of time, spirit of place, memory and cosmos. Ma...

How does your work first enter the world? I am fortunate to have a local writing community – a weekly poetry reading series called Planet Ea...

Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began? Yes. Many times. I thought for a long time that the “I” in a poem should be taken ...

How did you first engage with poetry? My extrinsic motivation is a decade-old vestige of belonging to In/Words’ writers circle and reading s...

How does your work first enter the world? Do you have a social group or writers group that you work on ideas and poems with?  My work enters...

How does your work first enter the world? Via the ear. I often hear words and phrases that tickle my imagination. I have used prompts and so...

Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began? 100%! By reading other poets, I find my own poetry rushing to catch up to the bril...