Easter Lily by L. Kolp
Each month a poet is interviewed for Pretzels & Bullfights: Spotlights. With questions asked, pictures shared and poems offered, you are given the opportunity to get to know one of our own a little better.
Below is a list of dVerse-ers who have been highlighted over the last year and a half. If you’d like a refresher, or missed some, click on their names and see what they had to say. Stop by their blogs and let them know how special they are to our poetry community.
Brian Miller
Pat Hatt
Claudia Schoenfeld
Mrs. Mediocrity
Fred Rutherford
Gretchen Leary
Kelvin S.M.
Jane Hewey
Glenn Buttkus
Miriam Euteneuer
Frank Watson
Mary Kling
Bjorn Rudbergs
Shanyn Silinski
Joe Hesch
Victoria C. Slotto
Steve Elsaesser
This month, I’m asking YOU for a little help. I need you to think of an interesting question or two that you would like to see in the interviews. PLEASE LEAVE YOUR CREATIVE QUESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS. Hopefully I can round up a list of 20 or so for the interviewee to choose from. I’m getting tired of mine. = )
Thank you… see you next time.
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EXCITING NEWS~My first complete poetry collection, Upon the Blue Couch, has just been released.
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Question: What would you like to see your poetry evolve into? In what direction do you think you feel you would like to go? What is the worst advice anyone has ever given you about writing and why? How do you really feel about straight-forward constructive criticism, particularly if it is very pointed? What do you think makes you the poet you are today? If you had to lose one of your senses which would it be?>KB
great questions
Thank you. >KB
ooh I like these q’s…
Love these!
Wow… thank you so very much. These are great questions.
Q: Do you remember the first poem that you wrote for the sake of writing poetry, and not a school assignment? Do you still have a copy of it?
That’s a good one, too.
One question you might ask, is “How, would you say, is your work valuable?” And the following-up question could be, “What is it about that which makes you feel good?”
Thank you, Anders.
What is your best time of day for writing, and does this coincide with the rest of your life?
Great question… that’s something I’m always curious about.
As am I.
How do you decide “what next?”
I like this one, Barbara.
what poem are you? free verse or form and if form which one and why?
Very creative… thanks!
what do you think of social media’s impact on poetry?
Great question.
oh, and congrats on your book, Laurie!
thanks, Anthony
*What makes a poem a poem to you? *What exactly it is that a poet (like you) considers to be their greatest fear in writing a poem? *When writing a poem, how do you know you’re done? Do you ever get satisfied? *How do you trust a poem? *What makes a poet a poet to you?—–
Smiles.
CONGRATZ LAURIE!!!! for the release of your book!!! **heading off to check it out** Godspeed!!!
Love these, Kelvin… and thank you.
If you had your life (thus far) to do over, is there anything you would change? If you had to choose one word to describe your poetic inspiration, what would that be? Explain.
Very thought-provoking… thank you, Victoria.
Does it surprise you that so many people enjoy your poetry?
Do you have an audience in mind when you compose?
Congrats Laurie on your book, great success for you.
Thank you for the questions and congrats!
how could i tell one of your poems from someone elses?
what is your greatest accomplishment, outside of writing?
who is the first person you let read a new poem?
what was the last poem you were wowed by, that you created?
congrats on your book laurie!!!!
These are great ones. Thanks, Brian.
What’s your favorite limerick ? 🙂
Would never have thought of that.
simple question from simple fellow 🙂
Who in your family most influenced you or inspired you in your writing?
Where do you write – at a table, a desk, while in bed, when traveling, outdoors, in a quiet space known only to you?
Also, when did you feel you were truly a poet?
When you get discouraged what do you do?
Great accomplishment with the book, Laurie!
Thanks for providing questions.
Q: Do you believe people value poetry in the same way they do other arts?
Q: Do you find it easier to write fact or fiction? Or both?
Q: How much truth do you impart in your writing, is there a line you will not cross or topics you will not broach?
Q: Do you tell people you write poetry and what reactions do you get if you do?
Q: If you didn’t write poetry, how would you express yourself?
Q: Do you ‘think’ in poetry or only when you sit down to write?
Congratulations Laurie, you must be so excited.
Wonderful & thank you.
Congratulations on your book, Laurie!
Not the most intellectual questions but…
What is your favorite word?
What would your power be if you were a superheroa
Thanks… and those are great questions.
I like these too.
~On average, how long does it take for you to write a poem?
~How do you usually become inspired……using an image, an emotion, an experience?
~Are you ever surprised at which pieces of work your readers respond to?
~Do you have personal favorites that didn’t get the response you expected or vice verse?
~Do you ever question yourself when deciding where to end a free verse style poem?
~Do you believe that poetry could change people or society as a whole?
Thanks for your wonderful questions.
Any questions you wish you were asked? I like your interviews as they are, Laurie.
Thanks, Susan. = )
What is the best way to create impact on non-poetry readers, and what would be the most important subject..
thanks, Bjorn
If a child, your child or another, asked you why poetry matters how would you explain it to them? Have you ever written a poem for a child in your life – ‘Just for Them’? How do you answer when people are afraid or intimidated by ‘reading poetry’?
Thank you, Shanyns.