How a Poem Happens
Saturday, March 21st, 2009A very different kind of poetry blog, How a Poem Happens is fascinating reading for anyone who has ever asked the question “Where do you get your ideas?” Brian Brodeur, author of two award winning poetry books, posts a weekly interview with a published poet. Each interview focuses on one poem by that poet and asks them questions about the process of writing that poem - when did you write it? What inspired you? How many times did you revise it? There are other questions that speak even more directly to the process of poetry - consideration of forms, of publishing and of poetry styles and how they fit the particular poem chosen to feature. How a Poem Happens is a young blog - only begun in January - but it shows a lot of promise as a site to check regularly for good reading and interesting information.
