by WaterStone Review | Mar 5, 2026 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Michaela Chairez Your poem, “On the Eucalyptus Trail” starts off with the powerful sentences, “I tell my friend the city is a whitewashed tomb.” What was the inspiration for this piece? The inspiration behind this...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 27, 2026 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Johnny Cordova Where were you when you first had the idea for “Li Po took a driving test?” What inspired this poem? Where did the impetus to use the title as part of the piece come in? It was the last day of a...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 19, 2026 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Amanda Chiado “The Carrying Kind” is a beautifully descriptive poem. Where did the inspiration for this piece come from? My brother lost his infant daughter, and it is an all-encompassing grief, an unbearable grief,...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 11, 2026 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Felicia Zamora You have two poems in Volume 28 of Water~Stone, “lEcogodliness” and “Always Incomplete.” In “Ecogodliness,” what drew you to use brackets instead of parentheses? In the full...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 5, 2026 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Christopher Citro Your poem, “Why Our Bathtub Sparkles,” is about a couple preparing to have guests over—but deeper than that, about connection and community in a shifting world. What inspired this poem?...
by WaterStone Review | Dec 10, 2025 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Steve Castro You have two poems in Volume 28 of Water~Stone, “Postcard from the Central American Town I grew up in before I learned to speak English,” and “Most likely an imperative from a Confederate soldier’s...
