From 'Blue Citadel' column, Douglas Cole introduce us the poet and teacher Raúl Sánchez: "There are poems that can bring peace or incite revolutions. We can do both".
“I use what gives legs and voice to the poem”
“I think poets need to illustrate… To show without telling”
From 'Blue Citadel' column, Douglas Cole introduce us the poet and editor Brian Alessandro: "Writing satisfied those frustrations because it allowed me to confront the parts of myself".
“My place as a poet is to practice with all of my attention”
From 'Blue Citadel' column, Douglas Cole introduce us the poet, visual artist and essayist, Shin Yu Pai: "my place as a poet is to use my chosen art form to interrogate the world".
Fasano: “I’m still searching, and I hope I always will be”
From 'Blue Citadel' column, Douglas Cole introduce us the writer, musician and educator Joseph Fasano: "Why do I write? If I can say a few things clearly before my time is up".
“Poetry was a lover one would not do well to disappoint”
BREE is a poet, singer, songwriter, publisher and visual artist who worked as a chef, bookseller and bartender until she became disabled in 2013. She founded Green Panda Press.
“Poetry in its most binding is also the most freeing”
From 'Blue Citadel' column, Douglas Cole introduce us the american poet CMarie Fuhrman: "The poet's place in the world today is at every corner we fear turning, in every mirror we glance".
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