by WaterStone Review | Jul 23, 2025 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Judy Kaber Your poem that appears in Volume 27, “Cracking the Lid,” is after Lois Dodd’s painting “Lifting the Lid.” What drew you to that painting, and what sparked this piece from it? Do you often find inspiration...
by WaterStone Review | Jul 30, 2024 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Robert Grunst There’s a beautiful peace in your poem “Blue Aster Seeds” that draws the reader into this moment of watching seeds whirl. I love how it takes a moment—a breath of air and seeds—and creates an entire...
by WaterStone Review | Apr 16, 2024 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Jennifer Martelli “The Hunter,” is a beautiful poem that uses many sensory images; you bring us to this ideal summer’s eve in the work. When did you first start writing this piece, and where did the spark to write it...
by WaterStone Review | Jan 2, 2024 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Todd Davis Your poem, “Deposition: What Was Lost,” brings grief to the page with gentle, yet visceral, imagery, blending every other phrase with life and death. There’s a very cyclical feeling to the poem with these...
by WaterStone Review | Sep 6, 2023 | featuredpost
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Michael Garrigan In your poem, “The River, A Ghost,” I love that you give us several fourth-wall breaks that jar us out of the river imagery. When did the inspiration for equating a “river in drought” to struggles with...
