vox poetica's 15 Minutes of Poetry Annmarie Lockhart

Annmarie Lockhart talks with David Messineo about his experiences founding and editing New Jersey's Sensations Magazine, writing poetry, his new collection, and assorted other poetry side notes. 

Annmarie Lockhart interviews West Virginia poet Kirk Judd about the influence of one's environment on one's poetry. Judd discusses the environment, his poetic activism, and the experience of curating Joseph Barrett's collection, Blue Planet Memoirs, published posthumously by Dos Madres Press.

CL Bledsoe is the author of numerous poetry and fiction books. He talks with host, Annmarie Lockhart about which inspirations become fiction and which become poems, what it's like to be heckled at a reading, and the process of writing and publishing sensitive work that involves other people. 

Darryl Willis is a writer and pastor who has spent many years doing mission work in Ukraine, which has been an ongoing muse to his poetry. He talks to us about form, inspiration, and the place of poetry in a busy creative life. 

Emma Eden Ramos writes poetry and fiction. She also teaches. She talks to us about finding balance and how teaching and writing coinspire. She also talks about her forthcoming anthology, Love Is Love. 

John Kaniecki is a writer of fiction, poetry, and memoir. He has published work in all three genres and continues to write his way through life. He talks to us about the process and purpose of writing, how he selects form, and what poetry does for both the writer and the reader.