Jessica Drake-Thomas : part one

Jessica Drake-Thomas is a poet, fiction writer, book reviewer, and PhD student. She’s the author of Burials, a gothic horror poetry collection. She fills her days with as much strong coffee, ghost stories, and scones as possible.  

How do you know when a poem is finished?

When the poem surprises me. There’s always a turn that appears in the piece when a poem is ready, when it says something more than I originally intended. It almost transcends its original form, in a way.