poetry mini interviews

How does a poem begin? With a word, of course. Or a number. Or a signal, sign, emblem, curse, re-nunciation, slap... sometimes even a kiss. ...

How do you know when a poem is finished? Instinctively at one level and another level, never; that is why someone said poems are never finis...

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 send my work out...

How does a poem begin? Sometimes it is a thought, an opening line, or a hook that can be employed in the poem. One begins tentatively, but s...

How does a poem begin? With a word or phrase that sticks in my brain for days. I know I need to get it out, and often it’s as the opening li...

When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book that you return to? A particular author? Recently, we felt out of hope at our h...

Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began? Yes. Less people should consider themselves poets. It's a slush avalanche of m...