tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4481641155063657192.post7038728348761515632..comments2024-03-13T06:35:22.913-07:00Comments on POETRY PACIFIC: Interview with Editor Susan Terris poetrypacific.blogspot.cahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560551510300869695noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4481641155063657192.post-54634558742227480932013-08-06T19:20:30.038-07:002013-08-06T19:20:30.038-07:00Cheryl Marie, thank you so much for the good words...Cheryl Marie, thank you so much for the good words. You can't go wrong admiring the poetry of Szymborska! Keep on writing. . . .Susan Terrishttp://www.susanterris.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4481641155063657192.post-23652261447233023102013-08-06T15:05:16.398-07:002013-08-06T15:05:16.398-07:00What a breath of fresh air! Lovely addition to you...What a breath of fresh air! Lovely addition to your poetry journal. You asked some really great questions, and Ms. Terris was an excellent choice as first editor to respond to them. I loved her definition of poetry. I want to print out this page and refer to it as a reminder before and after the muse strikes. I just discovered and fell in love with Szymborska a few months ago in my unschooled hunt for poetry and poets who have that "musicality" and "muscle", the memorable imagery that invokes feeling, and the inventive word usage that Ms. Terris described. I have subconsciously sought in the poetry I read (and would like to write) all of the elements Ms. Terris mentioned, though I did not know to name all of them. Reading a poem by a truly great poet always feeds me at the deepest level of my soul but at the same time always leaves me hungry and yearning at the deepest level, which makes me want to create something of beauty myself. All great art affects me this way. Thank you for the inspiration your journal provides.Cheryl Marienoreply@blogger.com