The challenge would be for a poet, to answer the interview questions in the form of a poem:
What type of books do you write? (Course poetry, but what type)
What is the latest book you have written?
Is it part of a series, if so which one?
When did you start writing?
Why did you start writing?
Who are your influences?
What can we expect from you in the near future? Book signing events, other details
I will add it to my blog, and include it in a seperate section.
Further details on my blog, http://thehighsthelowstheinbetweens.wordpress.com/
Good luck!
November 11, 2012 at 4:40 pm
My book’s called “Broken Consciousness.” In forms
from sonnet, triolet and villanelle,
I’ve written of the shoe that drops, the bell
that signals epileptic seizure-storms.
This is my infant book but not the last
that I will write. I plan another one,
some poems of my father’s so the sun
can dawn on them, and others will be cast
in my own words. I’ve written now for ten
years. Why? My father took the time to teach
me classic forms. “Be bold,” he said, “and reach
high for those writing stars.” And so the yen
began in me. My father, gone three years
now, won’t be present when I read and sign
my books by end of year. I hope the line
will be as long as memory that cheers
me in remembering his lessons that
made him my influence along with Frost
and Sandburg, Whitman, Wordsworth. I get lost
in words that speak to me and tip their hat.
November 12, 2012 at 2:50 pm
Well done, you rose to the Challenge, I will write it on my site immediately, please take a look in the next 20 minutes.
November 12, 2012 at 3:17 pm
Thank you, sarwah. I’ll check it out. It was a really interesting challenge.
November 12, 2012 at 3:31 pm
I saw it on your blog, Sarwah, and thank you again.
November 12, 2012 at 3:08 pm
All done, let me know if you are happy with it!