ON INSPIRATION, PRACTICE AND BLOCKS April 3, 2011: It used to be that when folks asked me if I write poetry everyday, I would say, “yes.”  Used to be.  It was good to say “yes”, because I think it is a good habit to try to write poetry everyday. It used to be that when folks would ask me how I dealt with writer’s block, I would say, “Writer’s block?  It does not exist.  It is [...] by Kwame Dawes

the pressure of inspiration (where’s that piece about those apples) April 23, 2010: I am participating in an art event which neccesitates a newly created PO-EM-PI-ECE based on the art being celebrated at the event…now, it's one thing to be inspired by art to create a piece and have it exist as the piece you wrote inspired by the art...to then possibly be heard at a reading among other pieces…or published somewhere years [...] by Edwin Torres

Capitalist Marauders March 2, 2010: [audio:http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Capitalist-Marauders.mp3] by Sotère Torregian

Dénouement de Raquel January 16, 2010: [audio:http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/DenoumentdeRacquelFINAL.mp3] by Sotère Torregian