“…(at least in most cases) the writing of a poem is initiated by the articulation of a relatively vague idea or impulse, and the implications that emanate from that articulation in tandem with its sonic properties will guide the next articulation. What writing a poem demands, for me, is a constant attentiveness to the potentiality of meaning and the particularity of sound. I’m fascinated by the way language can create feelings, raise the hair on the back of your neck, make a physical change.”
Timothy Donnelly, the author of October’s Rumpus Poetry Book Club selection, The Cloud Corporation (and Poetry Editor of the Boston Review), is interviewed about his admirable poetry collection, in two parts.
