My next poetry month interview is with my friend Pamela Johnson Parker. She and I were in Murray State’s low-residency MFA program together, and she got me through my first couple of semesters when I completely doubted myself! Why do you write poetry? The world is a wonderland, as Alice discovered; it’s “curiouser and curiouser.” …
Tag: Poetry Month
Poet Feature: Nicole Rollender
The next poet for poetry month interviews is Nicole Rollender. I welcome her to my space today! Why do you write poetry? The simplest answer is that I write because I can’t live a life of not-writing. Though I’m reluctant to use the word compulsion here, I am compelled to write. I write to survive. …
Poet Feature: Brianna Pike
April is National Poetry Month! This month I’ll be interviewing several poets here on the blog! The first poet is my friend Brianna Pike, who was in my MFA program at Murray State. At the end of the interview, poets are allowed a “Free Space” where they can say anything they want to about themselves and …
Why I Read Poetry
April is National Poetry Month, and while I’ve neglected that fact here on the blog (sorry, readers!), I have been reading and re-reading some poetry this month. I read poetry because I believe it helps me re-visualize my life. It helps me look both inward and outward. When reading a poem, I stand apart from …