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This week I interviewed poet and author, Cyrus Parker, ahead of the release of his new poetry book, DROPKICKromance. Enjoy! So Cyrus, you have a book coming out in the next few weeks, DROPKICKromance, can you tell me how you decided on the title? I’m not sure what the process is for other poets, but for me, I often come up with a title first, and that dictates the theme of the collection. I went through a number of titles and thus, themes, while writing DROPKICKromance, and D

Interviews are my way of helping the poetry community to reach a larger audience. This week I talked to Fida Islaih, who is an editor for female closet poets. She encourages poets to share their journey through poetry, so that no one feels alone. Islaih blogs over at fidaislaih.blogspot.com. I: Why did you start writing poetry? What do you try to communicate through your work? F: I started writing because I saw how I could share my story. It was hard for me to speak up, so th

Debbie Walsh is a talented poet, with an MA from Edge Hill University. In regards to her own work, she describes it as such: ... 'The work I try to represent spans the invisible space between sensory response and syntactical elaboration. The tense, tone and meaning are often juxtaposed between space and silence – representing the place beyond words that cannot be felt fully or measured precisely'. I have been lucky enough to receive a thoughtful and detailed review from Debbi

And we are at the three year anniversary of the death of my Granny Olga. Olga, or Aryamati in her Buddhist Community and close circle of friends, as a writer, researcher, lecturer, poet, linguist and somehow managed to be a much loved Mum and Grandma to her family at the same time. Today, I'd like to remember her by sharing with you two poems which she wrote about me. "There are too few love poems now" said Carol Rumens I didn't allow myself to hope My character too odd for m