“Poetry, for me, is an instigator. The terms of engaging with writing poems instigate in me, demand from me, an honest confrontation with myself and with the world as I see it . . . There are many ways to address/confront/engage with the perils of our time . . . When I write, I’m wrestling with the poem, not aiming to impart a particular message to the reader. Far be it from me! What I hope I construct is a corridor of truth-telling, insofar as I can manage it.”
This week’s writing tip is from award-winning poet Diane Seuss, whose latest poetry collection 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮,
@graywolfpress , was shortlisted for the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize. She is also the author of 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠: 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙨, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the PEN/Voelcker Award, and others.
This excerpt is from her interview with Jennifer Franklin from Poetry Society of America (
@poetry_society ). You can read this insightful interview on their website.
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