I write every day but not always poems. I have written essays for a number of newspapers and magazines, some of them humorous, some of them memoir and some of them discussing ideas about life. I live my life seeing the world as a poet, paying attention and thinking about it all.
I think like most serious poets, I have to write. It’s what you do. It’s your life. I find inspiration in books, movies, newspaper reports, from my job, getting to my job on a bus was great material, from crazy neighbors and neighborhoods I lived in. Just about anything is a potential subject.
Writing a good poem. Poetry is not a high-income format in many countries. So, what a poet must focus on is the poem itself, the words, the line endings, the stanza breaks, as well as the theme and images, metaphors or similes. As a poet, the only person that really matters is me and if I can sense or feel that the poem is working. I do have other poets read my work and offer suggestions, but ultimately, I’m responsible for the poem to turn out the way I want it to.
James Roderick Burns: I was born in the north east of England in 1972, studied for a PhD in English in the US between 1994 and 1999, and on returning to the UK joined the British civil service. I currently serve as Deputy Registrar General for Scotland overseeing the national system of birth, death and marriage registration.
Allison Grayhurst is a member of the League of Canadian Poets. Four of her poems were nominated for “Best of the Net” in 2015/2018, and one eight-part story-poem was nominated for “Best of the Net” in 2017. She has over 1,375 poems published in more than 525 international journals and anthologies.
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In conversation with Karunesh Kumar Agarwal, Managing Editor, Richard Rose tells us about his success as a writer.
I'm deeply obliged for your kind words. Most of the authors have been contributing to Cyberwit's journals and anthologies for quite a long time. Their sustained interest heralded the emergence of our Art & Poetry Journal Harvests of New Millennium.
I am a 71 year old retired Professor of Philosophy. I have been writing books since 2001. Born and raised in Brooklyn New York, I used to sing in nightclubs, but I always loved libraries and bookstores. My books are my babies.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. – Henry Ward Beecher It was when I was still a kid and could not talk but needed to communicate somehow to ask for the water, when I was thirsty. So I told the word “PEPA”.
In conversation with Karunesh Kumar Agarwal, Managing Editor, Alka Narula tells us about her success as a writer.
