Roland Prevost :: Why and How of Poetry

On Writing #15, a regular column on the Ottawa Poetry Newsletter, features Roland Prevost who looks at the Why and How of his poetry writing. In response to “How do I write poetry?” he begins: “I’ve always had this Picture-Mind, or Pixmind as I call it, as far back as I can remember. It provides me with an ability to call up free-flowing pictures, like snippets of movies, if I just get out of the way. I often say it’s like there’s a constant stream of images out there on the horizon. That I can choose to watch or not.” Read the rest here.