by WaterStone Review | Apr 23, 2025 | featuredpost
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Sadie Dupuis What is the story behind your poem, “Most of Last Year and the Years Before It,” that appears in Volume 27? I wrote this poem in March 2024, in response to Philadelphia mayor Cherelle Parker’s ongoing...
by WaterStone Review | Apr 16, 2025 | featuredpost
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—JC Talamantez Welcome back to Water~Stone! You had a piece last year, “Learning to Live With a Clockwork Orange,” in Volume 26. This year, your poem, “Half-Life of Krill,” puts oceanic and celestial imagery on...
by WaterStone Review | Mar 18, 2025 | featuredpost
In The Field—Conversations With Our Contributors: Rob Arnold Your pair of poems, “Chimera,” speak to growing up, terror, and a cycle of life and death. What was the impetus for these poems? How did they evolve from single poems into a pair? These two...
by WaterStone Review | Mar 5, 2025 | featuredpost
In The Field—Conversations With Our Contributors: Anne Piper Your poem, “Already all the ghosts,” is a beautiful and haunting look at pre-grief. The speaker compares their past to the present, and looks ahead into the future. What made you write this poem at this...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 25, 2025 | blog: all
In The Field—Conversations With Our Contributors: Christopher Gaumer It’s always wonderful to have a graduate of our MFA program in Water~Stone! What sparked the creation of your poem, “On a Farm in Iowa?” Hi, Jenn! It’s wonderful to be close to Hamline again through...
