Interviews

A place for our contributors to share thoughts on work, sources of inspiration and upcoming projects.

OCTOBER 2025

a morning newspaper and coffee — Annie Diamond, Speak over it as magic

a table in a room — Nancy Daoust, window lets Tuesday sun

head in lake — Deirdre Dwyer, Swim

closeup photography of dew drops — Wynn Libby, After the rain starts

shallow focus yellow daisies — Brett Warren, Feeding the Bees

white cherry blossom flowers — Sonia Nicholson, Pierre and Marthe

white table lamp on brown wooden side table — Jacob Lee Bachinger, Winter Marriage

aerial photo of river bends — Season Kam, Brackish Water

view of cars on an asphalt road in mountains with trees covered in snow — Ben Blyth, Aubade for the QE2

insect on black background — Shelagh Rowan-Legg, Moths are older than dinosaurs…

abstract background — Layla Salma, After the Shade Fell

snowy winter highway through forest — Elana Wolff, Don’t We Look Marvellous

a kitten sleeping on a blanket on a couch — J. L. Yocum, Where the kittens hide

close up shot of a tied rope — Shannon Lintott, knot

JULY 2025

flowers on table — Laurie Koensgen, To My Grown Son Visiting Home

girl running on path — Tin Fogdall, Small Wind

girl holding glass box — Terri McCord, The small children build a time capsule

crop craftsman grinding knife in workshop — Steve McOrmond, Out of Time

a person in green jacket and blue rubber shoes standing on green grass field — Susan Wismer, On Distance

leafless trees at the cemetery — Courtney Buder, Old Burial Ground (1784)

scenic view of forest — Dan Alter, For Peter running out of time

salt mine salina turda in turda romania — Stephen Joffe, Bitumen.

robot pointing on a wall — Christina Hennemann, Biohacking

horse standing on flower field at sunset — Susan Robertson, We All Discover the Unity of Time

linen hanging on clothesline on grassy seacoast — Fendy S. Tulodo, Laundry is a Kind of Time Machine

APRIL 2025

man wearing a coat and beanie standing with crutches — Isobel Burke, self portrait as chronic limp.

deer looking backwards — Adriana Beltrano, Buck

eurasian magpie perched on a wooden branch — Ben Fowlkes, The Day You Lost a Job You Never Liked

deck of tarot cards and a transparent crystal on a table — Nancy Huggett, Oracle Deck

a sad woman sitting on bed — Robin Blackburn McBride, She Was Quiet That Night

blue flowers on tree stump — Joanne Epp, Inventory

aerial photo of highway — Ryan McCarty, What Will Poets Do Now?

grayscale photo of body of water — Kim Fahner, Elegy

lilac after rain — Erin Wilson, Storm/Aperture

wilted flowers growing in grassy meadow — Zoe Dickinson, fledgling

a house on a cliff — Steve Noyes, Earth

silhouette of person near wall — Julie Kooi Talen, Meditation for Mine Body

lake silhouette of hills at dusk — Stan Rogal, Borderblur

JANUARY 2025

woman on the grassy meadow with a kerosene lamp — Tazi Rodrigues, maureen

snowy owl watching from a snow covered silo — Diana Hayes, Winter Solstice at Barrow—Utqiaġvik

person holding white eggs on brown grass — Claire Gordon, Broderick, Saskatchewan

silhouette of birds — Debmalya Bandyopadhyay, Turning a mirror

cloe up of a man pouring soup into a bowl — Wren Jones, At dinner out to celebrate…

woman in black dress sitting alone at the bar — Maria Giesbrecht, Things I’ve Memorized Trying to Stay Alive.

grayscale photo of hands — Rodd Whelpley, Divination

woman and man walking on street in snow — Ray Greenblatt, Sunday Snow

full moon over the tree — Renée M. Sgroi, and in the evenings we watch the moon

snow covered roof over a glass window — Kilmeny MacMichael, “Verb

abandoned syrian home with war damage — Ben Berman Ghan, Home

two men sitting on the rooftop — Tanya Nikiforova, My Likeness

people sitting on a bench in water — Anil Petwal, A Dream of the Dream City

photo of white dog sitting in front of red wall with a black door — Piera Chen, Primal Cadence or Looking for Ju Jai

woman sitting in an old pick up truck in winter — Daniel Bliss, Front Seat of October

October 2024

assorted color star decor on wall — Jennifer Bowering Delisle, Bath Time in the Northern Hemisphere, Sorting Shapes

dog on lakeshore — Jacqueline Trieber Willcocks, Recall

legs of a woman and waterlilies in a pond — Catherine Graham, The Float Garden

ambulance on road at night — Ron Riekki, When I worked

brown feather on the ground — Sarina Bosco, Saltfeather

waffles with cream and fruits on tables — Anna Mark, Fortuna’s Tender

grayscale photo of yachts on body of water under cloudy sky — Frances Klein, Seascape with Grief and Taxidermy

teacup and saucer — Zeid, Kafka Teacups Tide

plates with leftover food on table — Kirsten Self, Scraps

heart shape of leaf — Stan Rogal, The Captive Heart

person standing on rock near body of water during night time — Jessica Lee McMillan, Outpatient

JULY 2024

young woman sitting on a bed with an open book with fruits in a plate in front of her — Josiah Nelson, One Poem

yellow bumblebee gathering pollen close up photography — Atma Frans, How Joy has Driven its Roots Into Me

woman in black sleeveless dress wearing silver necklace — Susan Wismer, From the Edge

black dog sleeping on floor — Sara Krahn, Midsummer

photo of woman using mobile phone — Rebecca Wood, Small Screen Safety

photo of white sand near the sea — Olivier Faivre, your isla bonita is my liquid soliloquy

pizza neon light signage beside wall — Brett Warren, House of Pizza

people inside the building — Nathaniel G. Moore, The Star-Vue Mall, 1981

person standing on puddle — Paula Turcotte, Desire, at last, a remembered landscape

wilted tulip and fresh flower in vases — Michael Russell, he wanted something beautiful

grayscale photo of a person wearing corduroy long sleeves — Oisín Breen, Movements in Denim and Corduroy

woman lying opening arms holding leaf — Christine C. Rivero-Guisinga, Centre of Mass

Daniel Bourne, Power Strip, Artist’s Colony, Johnson, Vermont

grayscale photo of people raising their hands — j tate barlow, all the people

still life with a layered fruit cake — Victoria Mbabazi, Love Laced Cake

tattoo shop — Salvatore Difalco, Tatuatore

close up view of brown surface — Penn Kemp, Burnt Umber

white tree beside pathway — Grace Kwan, Memoir

view of flying bird with misty coastline in background — Kathryn MacDonald, Corvidae & Yellow: Of Horses and Flowers

Matt Thomas, King of the Road

APRIL 2024

circular window in the door on a ship — Rob Madden, there is everything.

low angle photography of seagull flying — E.G.N. Lafleur, Huron.

a father carrying his child on his shoulders — Paul Moorehead, Dads and Giants: An Apologia.

close up photo of red and yellow apple fruits on green leaves — Briana Armson, Our First & Last Photograph.

purple flowers — Kimberly Peterson, Third Ear Acoustics.

lighted candles in close up photography — Shehrbano Naqvi, Grieving is a Privilege and Ghar Ghar/Playing House.

Jim Provenzano, Staten Island Ferry photos.

old key hanging on wooden door — Courtney Bambrick, Security.

river between white sand formations — Ling Ge, A Never Ending River.

man in a turban lying on a meadow with flowers — Dagne Forrest, Hypaethral.

close up of a flying blackbird — James Roderick Burns, Three Spring Haiku.

grayscale photography of two silo on grass — Thanh Bùi, mask on, mask off.

Angelle McDougall, Regeneration.

window with broken glass — Gordon Taylor, Date Jar.

photo of birds flying in the sky — Amy Lee, Some of Us are Destined to Always Say Goodbye.

JANUARY 2024

Jordan Williamson, Anthology

Sonja Boon, hold my wake & possible ground

kerry rawlinson, Snowsongs

photo by Nicolas Henderson and used under terms of Creative Common LicenseCC by 2.0 Deed. — Hugh Simmons, Round Rock, Texas

Photo by Jan Kopu0159iva on Pexels.com — Fawn Ward, Places We’ve Been

shallow focus photography of corn field — Jane-Jack Morales, Tantoyuca

black and white close up photo of surgeons hands — Monty Reid, Stop

frying mushrooms with rosemary in pan — Jamie O’Halloran, Lunch Note

road in between green tree under white clouds and blue sky — Wren Jones, Road Remains

close up photo of water drop — Alex Carrigan, In Comfort for a Time

printed musical note page — Taylor Marshall, Morse Melody

Christine Moore, Out Moving Sound

silhouette of woman and bird in a window — Todd Robinson, Pine Wilt

spiral film strip — Yasmin Zadeh Balbuena, La Cueva.

man swimming in a lake during sunset — Charmaine Arjoonlal, Wild Abandon.

messy cottage room in sunset lights — Luke Koesters, 10, 000 Years of Happiness

slender woman dancing near window in bright sunshine — Terri McCord, As if

bed in boat cabin — Bernard Pearson, The Ward Room

woman in spaghetti strap shirt holding a butterfly net with flowers — Kim June Johnson, Instead of the Usual Scented Candle

american bulldog in armchair between burning candles at home — Heather Birrell, Oh, Sunday Evenings

OCTOBER 2023

Photo by Nikolai Ulltang on Pexels.com — ^{Jayant Kashyap, Rehoming, Oct 2023}

Photo by Marlene Leppu00e4nen on Pexels.com — _{Sarah B. Cahalan, Syllogisms, Oct 2023}

Photo by Rodion Kutsaiev on Pexels.com — _{Claire Jussel, Invocation for Portals, Oct 2023}

Photo by Zeynep Seu00e7er on — _{Cole Mash, 2.0 Celsius, Oct 2023}

_{Sonia Nicholson, stitch (in time), Oct 2023}

Photo by gryffyn m on Pexels.com — _{Elana Wolff, Spectral, Oct 2023}

Photo by irem u0131u015fu0131klar on Pexels.com — _{Kate Rogers, My Mother’s House, Oct 2023}

Photo by Daniel Torobekov on Pexels.com — _{Yvette LeClair, Bypassing Acheron, Oct 2023}

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com — _{Adrienne King, How to Love Your Weeds, Oct 2023}

Photo by Tainu00e1 Bernard on Pexels.com — _{Laurie Kuntz, The freedom from, Oct 2023}

Photo by Martin Lopez on Pexels.com — Stan Rogal, missing (in)action, Oct 2023

Photo by Malte Luk on Pexels.com — _{Ellen Zhang, Winter’s Coming, Oct 2023}

_{Frances Boyle, Self Portrait as Helium Balloon, Oct 2023}

Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels.com — Kris Falcon, Keep It Lite, Oct 2023

JULY 2023

Photo by Annushka Ahuja on — Dave Wise, Waterfalls, July 2023

Heather C. Krueger, I Had No More Left To Give, July 2023

Photo by RDNE Stock project on Pexels.com — Myna Wallin, Tiny Monsters, July 2023

Photo by Silver Screen on Pexels.com — Salvatore Difalco, Propofol, July 2023

Photo by Egecan Ku00f6se on Pexels.com — Paula Eisenstein, Leaving Boston, July 2023

Photo by Philip Warp on Pexels.com — Josh Humphrey, Ellington, July 2023

Annie Diamond, Zelfportret, July 2023

Photo by Aidan Roof on Pexels.com — Josiah Nelson, Pieces, July 2023

Photo by Shivam Maurya on Pexels.com — Natalie Marino, What it is, July 2023

Photo by Annushka Ahuja on Pexels.com — Ashley David, Stomping Grounds, Waltham 2023, July 2023

Photo by Akshar Daveud83cudf3b on Pexels.com — Nancy Daoust, In trance, July 2023

Heather Jessen, What I Don’t See is the Kill, July 2023

Wess Mongo Jolley,
Lost Love, July 2023

Photo by lil artsy on Pexels.com — Lisa Baird,
Poem That Wanted to Be an Apple, July 2023

Photo by Chiara Caldarola on Pexels.com — Lara Dolphin,
Two Characters in Search of the Past: A Memory Poem, July 2023

Kallima Inachus, Orange Oakleaf Butterfl by Ullasa Kodandaramaiah is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. — rob mclennan,
Three smaller studies:, July 2023

Photo by Rostislav Uzunov on Pexels.com — K.R. Wilson,
Sacrifice, July 2023

APRIL 2023

Photo by Jess Bailey Designs on Pexels.com — Laurie Koensgen,
The Work, April 2023

Catherine Graham,
Dreamwrapt, April 2023

Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels.com — Dale Rio,
Reconciliation, April 2023

Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com — Y.S. Lee,
So dark, April 2023

Photo by Liron Malyanker on Pexels.com — Alastair Morrison,
Beavers, April 2023

Photo by Sippakorn Yamkasikorn on Pexels.com — Jordan Redekop-Jones,
a list for you, April 2023

Photo by eberhard grossgasteiger on Pexels.com — Kim Fahner,
Once, April 2023

Glenn Taylor,
Fireworks, Go West, Bodie Church & Michigan Law Quad, April 2023

James Gering,
Butterfly, April 2023

Photo by Sachith Ravishka Kodikara on Pexels.com — L. Acadia,
Invasion News, April 2023

Photo by Pat Whelen on Pexels.com — Kevin A. Risner,
Low Level, April 2023

Photo by Betu00fcl u015eengel on Pexels.com — Paul Williams & Sandra Walker,
Reflections, April 2023

Susan Wismer,
Winter letter, unfinished, April 2023

Photo by javier gonzalez on Pexels.com — Catherine Owen,
An Abecedarian for the Garden, April 2023

Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com — Emily Cann,
In the wake, April 2023

photo of amber crystal on top of cut wood Photo by No Edited Pics on Pexels.com — Paul Moorehead,
Cracking Amber, April 2023

Linda Hutsell-Manning,
Quadruple Bypass Aftermath, April 2023

Photo of photographer silhouette in front of sunset by Matheus Bertelli on Pexels.com — Wenda Salomons,
Sunflowers I, April 2023

Snake on a paved road Photo by Christopher Flaten on Pexels.com — Michael Mirolla,
This Far Country Road, April 2023

Photo by Pavel Danilyuk on Pexels.com — Elizabeth Crowell,
To the Robot I am Not, April 2023

JANUARY 2023

Photo by Jeffrey Czum on Pexels.com — Lauren Paré,
Self, January 2023

Photo by Vadim Braydov on Pexels.com — Francine Diodati,
On the Anniversary of Your Death, January 2023

Elizabeth J. Coleman,
On Seeing the Pictures from Deep Space for the First Time. January 2023

Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com — J.R. Barner,
Miserabilism, January 2023

Photo by Arnesh Yadram on Pexels.com — Cid V Brunet,
Seeking the Future, January 2023

Photo by Thom Gonzalez on Pexels.com — Italo Ferrante,
infinity minus, January 2023

Tiny furniture from the Friendly Giant, image by Paul Gorbould, — Lana Crossman,
Rusty’s got the blues, January 2023

Photo by Zeeshaan Shabbir on Pexels.com — Frances Koziar,
Christmas Dinner, January 2023

Photo by Josh Hild on Pexels.com — Matthew Dawkins,
Suffering through January, January 2023

Photo by Wenjun Zhu on Pexels.com — Renée M. Sgroi,
table setters, January 2023

OCTOBER 2022

two people in astronaut suits standing in a desert Photo by RODNAE Productions on Pexels.com — Angeline Schellenberg,
The writing instructor tells me to focus on my endings, October 2022

underwater view Photo by Symeon Ekizoglou on Pexels.com — Ami Xherro,
Swimmer, October 2022

woman sleeping by the window on a train, Photo by Max Smirnov on Pexels.com — Małgosia Halliop,
In Late August, October 2022

branches in golden light, Photo by Kat Smith on Pexels.com — Bernard Pearson,
Losing Track, October 2022

coast highway at night Photo by Greg Betanov on Pexels.com — Ren Pike,
These coasts are ghosts, highways in between,
October 2022

Susan J. Atkinson,
even today, October 2022

boy playing in snow Photo by Yan Krukov on Pexels.com — Richard-Yves Sitoski,
Snow Angels, October 2022

fog on a canalPhoto by Brian van den Heuvel on Pexels.com — Nancy Huggett,
To Love What Is, October 2022

Photo by Eneida Nieves on Pexels.com — Pamela Mosher,
Carried Inside, October 2022

Photo by Kei Scampa on Pexels.com — Patrick Grace,
Fission, October 2022

Photo by lil artsy on Pexels.com — Jenny Wong,
Notes to Myself on Chore Day, October 2022

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com — Elana Wolff
One Act with the Night Wolf, October 2022

Photo by Bryce Carithers on Pexels.com — Thomas Mixon
Junco, October 2022

JULY 2022

Photo by Jackson Jorvan on Pexels.com — Dawn Macdonald,
Courtship of Land and Sky, July 2022

photo of galaxy in a jar by Rakicevic Nenad on pixels.com — Patrick Wright,
Metanoia, July 2022

photo of colourful balloons and blue sky. by Padli Pradana on pexels.com — Cassandra Whitaker,
Happiness Loop, July 2022

Photo by Mo Eid on Pexels.com — Rebecca Macijeski,
The Girl’s Dream Journal, July 2022

Photo by Chait Goli on Pexels.com — Sonia Nicholson,
some things maybe, July 2022

Photo by Du01b0u01a1ng Nhu00e2n on Pexels.com — Laurie Koensgen,
My Paces, July 2022

Kelp forest, Ardtoe by David Baird is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0 — É.G.N. Lafleur,
Caedmon’s Hymn, July 2022

Conyer Clayton
Restful as a hornet,
July 2022

Image by JanetAB from Pixababy — Kim Fahner
When the bees fly out of your mouth,
July 2022

APRIL 2022

Rachel Barduhn
Mango of My Eye, April 2022

Frances Boyle
Springing, April 2022

Ayesha Chatterjee
The Bluest Bower, April 2022

William Doreski
Tyrannus Rex, April 2022

Ice goes out, April 2022

Catherine Graham

Pluck a Raindrop Before its Fall, April 2022

Lauren Hilger & Dionissios Kollias

Highlighted by a low, yellow light, April 2022

By Karl Thomas Moore - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60359379

Jessica Lee McMillan

Money Tree, April 2022

Pulp, April 2022

Michael Russell

lilith, April 2022

Photo by Ravi Kant on Pexels.com

Exposure, April 2022

Mothering in the time of Covid, April 2022