Orchid Tierney : part five
5. What other poetry books have you been reading lately? W here to begin? Cole Swensen, On Walking On ; Abigail Child’s Mouth To Mouth , A...
5. What other poetry books have you been reading lately? W here to begin? Cole Swensen, On Walking On ; Abigail Child’s Mouth To Mouth , A...
4. What poets changed the way you thought about writing? I think my poet’s syllabus is constantly expanding so this list is by no means ex...
3. What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t? Poetry is neither precious nor unique. It’s simply another form of schol...
2. How does a poem begin? My focus is usually seeded by an article or even a nugget of an idea that then kickstarts a broader inquiry thro...
Orchid Tierney is from Aotearoa-New Zealand, currently residing in Philadelphia. Her chapbooks include Brachiation (Dunedin: GumTree Press...