by WaterStone Review | Jul 22, 2024 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—DeMisty Bellinger Your poem, “Ode to That Turquoise Bra,” has a whimsical feel, yet also carries the gravity of honoring and thanking this piece of clothing. What inspired this poem? Firstly, thank you for inviting me...
by WaterStone Review | Jul 15, 2024 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—A. K. Herman Your story, “Love,” which appears in Volume 26 of Water~Stone, is a chapter of a longer work. What inspired this piece? Where does this chapter fall in the story? What made you choose this...
by WaterStone Review | Jul 8, 2024 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Dan Albergotti Your poem, “On the Third Stanza of a Poem by F. S. Key,” blends today’s history of the last election with the beginning of our country. What caused you to weave these two events together? What brought...
by WaterStone Review | Jul 1, 2024 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Marie-Elizabeth Mali Your poem, “Mirror,” studies the fascination with underwater life—particularly brain coral—during a first dive. What prompted you to set this poem down on paper? Since that initial dive in Bonaire,...
by WaterStone Review | Jun 24, 2024 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Joseph O. Legaspi Your poem, “Weeding/Wedding,” is a beautiful twining of etymology and gardening. What inspired this poem? The poem was inspired by my actually gardening—weeding, to be more precise. I was at Space on...
by WaterStone Review | Jun 17, 2024 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Catherine Pierce You have two poems in Volume 26: “I Wonder if the Guy Who Catcalled Me in the Blockbuster Parking Lot When I Was 15 Ever Thinks About That,” and “Perfection™.” These two poems detail separate events,...
