Ani Gjika Q&A on her first poem
Ani Gjika recalls the first poem she ever wrote.
admin
Spring
i I’m surprised by purple crocuses on the way home and the farther I look the more they multiply a kind of secret reunion with family long lost, relatives whom I welcome in other forms because it’s Spring, and the weather is full of arrivals: I see you now, Grandfather – little storm gathering […]
Tasha Graff Q&A on her poem ‘Testimony’
Tasha Graff talks about the genesis of her poem "Testimony."
Tasha Graff Q&A on reading her poems aloud
Tasha Graff talks about reading her poems aloud as she writes.
Tasha Graff Q&A with a recommendation
Tasha Graff recommends the poetry of Tracy K. Smith.
Tasha Graff Q&A with advice to young writers
Tasha Graff offers some advice to young writers.
From Maine to New York
I once read in a poem that the heart rests between beats. My suitcase holds three books, a nightgown and clothes for six days. It takes five and a half hours to drive to Harlem. My grandmother sleeps until 11. I leave Portland at 9. We have dinner at our favorite restaurant on LaSalle Street. […]
Falling Back
Something shifts in that in-between November light– sends questions of color, cold and time through my body. The birds sleep. Am I mistaking morning for gloaming? Perhaps the other way around? Something in my lungs remembers: The leaves have fallen, snow is coming. I changed my clock. “Falling Back” first appeared in Winter […]