"Short Conversations with Poets: Yona Harvey"
"When I finally leaned into the restlessness of my mind and life, poetry—the poetry I needed—opened itself to me. That’s where the title, Hemming the Water, comes from. Hemming water is futile. Though it felt painful being alone or unrecognized, I’m so grateful for those many years of untangling the making of a poem in ways that made sense to me."
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What Sparks Poetry:
Brian Henry on Tomaž Šalamun's "Sutra"
"Though Šalamun would leave the interview format behind, he continued to ask many questions in his work, sometimes building poems upon a series of questions, as in the poem featured here. Although the title, 'Sutra,' implies the imparting of wisdom or knowledge, Šalamun was more interested in the interplay between the questions and answers than in satisfying the expectations of a conventional sutra." |
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