Allie Marini : part eight
8. What poets changed the way you thought about writing? Fewer “famous” poets than you might think & more peers: Nicole Blackman, Daphne...
8. What poets changed the way you thought about writing? Fewer “famous” poets than you might think & more peers: Nicole Blackman, Daphne...
7. What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? Oh, everything. I’m very much like Dorothy Parker in that “I hate writing, but I lo...
6. What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t? Poetry can tell a whole story in a few lines – it doesn’t need to waste ti...
5. How does your work first enter the world? Do you have a social group or writers group that you work ideas and poems with? I used to, but ...
4. Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began? I would hope so – I think if my consideration of it hadn’t changed, I’d still b...
3. How do you know when a poem is finished? I don’t think they ever really are, because sometimes I’ll think they’re done – sometimes they’r...
2. How did you first engage with poetry? I’m not entirely sure, to be honest. My mom was a Latin teacher, so she used to read Bulfinch’s myt...
Allie Marini is a cross-genre writer holding degrees from both Antioch University of Los Angeles & New College of Florida. She was a 20...