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5/8/2020 1 Comment

And We're Back!

After a brief hiatus, the editors of Red Flag are back with a new episode for you! In this podcast we each bring a poem to the table and talk about it. Check it out!
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7/1/2018 0 Comments

A Publication in Review w/ AJ Schmitz

Originally recorded in March of 2018, Wes and Matt talk with AJ Schmitz, author of Ritual de lo Predictable, about his chap, his work, and how it has changed since its initial publication. Originally released in the Spring of 2017, AJ's chap was our first publication. 
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3/16/2018 2 Comments

Musicality of Poetry and Poeticality of Music w/ Sarah and Pete

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1/19/2018 1 Comment

Performing Poetry w/ Matthew Roberson and Jeffrey Bean

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10/9/2017 2 Comments

Poetry & the Visual w/ Ben Pitts

Originally recorded in January, this podcast with special guest Ben Pitts features a reading of his poem, Spared Parts, and a conversation about the relationship between the visual and the poetic. Check it out!
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8/7/2017 0 Comments

Seen Poetry w/ Thom Young

In this podcast we discuss the places we 'see' poetry and where we could perhaps benefit from a little more poetry. Poet Thom Young from our recent poem postcard, Virgen, joins us. He was recently featured in a PBS News Hour story about his Instagram Poetry
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6/12/2017 0 Comments

Use Your Words #1

Red Flag Poetry is proud to share our new podcast featuring intro music by Mind the Neighbors! Check our our first episode here and then check out Mind the Neighbors!
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10/10/2016 1 Comment

Steve Shilling: 4th Grade Spelling Bee Champion

To mark the inaugural shift to our Use Your Words Podcast, Steve Shilling joins us in this episode to discuss his poem and other great things. Check it out on iTunes too!
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9/12/2016 0 Comments

Ken Sherwood: Note From Theory Class

We've been absent for a bit, but we're back with a new podcast format featuring Ken Sherwood and his poem "Note From Theory Class." Check out the poem and the interview here!
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5/9/2016 2 Comments

Kevin Risner: Mondays

Kevin couldn't chat with us like our usual interviews, but he took the time to jot down a few thoughts and sent us a reading! Check them out here!
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What’s the most significant piece of mail that you’ve received?

This is a tough one. The word “significant” in itself is weighted, and therefore it is difficult to choose just one thing. I feel that, to me, receiving something personally written from someone wins this award: notes from my wife, the messages my grandmother sent to me when I studied abroad, postcards from people who are traveling or living far away. 

Tell us about the creative process that went into the writing of Mondays. 

“Mondays” actually came about because of National Poetry Month. Many people in April decide to attempt a poem a day and see what comes from it. It’s basically a kickstarter to get people to write more frequently, even when they feel they can’t get words onto paper. A few years back, “Mondays” was one of these poems that I wrote during poetry month. I forget the actual date, but I know I wrote it on a Monday!
 
If you were to visualize Mondays, what does it look like? Is there a story behind it?

It does factor into my life superficially. I do enjoy crossword puzzles and dabble in them, maybe now less frequently. My grandmother got me into puzzles when I was much younger, and I started attempting the ones in the newspaper and noticing how the difficulty level increased the further along in the week it went. Mondays are considered the easiest puzzles to complete; so if you are stuck and cannot complete the crossword because of a few nasty clues or if a whole corner is left blank on a Monday of all days – then it would be major cause for alarm, at least for me. If everything about the quintessential Monday were going wrong, and you had an easy crossword you could complete, things might not all be a loss…

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given as a writer? Can it be applied to poets?

I still think that the best advice is to read a lot. Read often. Read people that interest you. Read genres that interest you. Also – read a variety. Read perspectives that differ from yours; even read people you normally wouldn’t. There are surprises everywhere you look. This advice definitely can be helpful for poets, not just novelists and short story writers.

What is your worst writing habit?

Reading too much and not actually writing. I also catch myself editing too often – especially longer pieces. My prose efforts are currently in limbo because I edit too much. 

Can you remember the first poem/novel you ever found your self obsessed (or at enthralled) with?

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. I remember my sister and her friends doing a video of the poem from the book for a project in middle school. I thought it was very clever, and I grew very fascinated with mystery stories because of reading this one first. I wanted to try and write a murder mystery that no one could solve. Most of the time, though, the people who read my stories would normally guess whodunnit in the end.

You mentioned that you don’t have many publications, but when did you start writing poetry and do you remember the first poem you ever wrote? What was it about?

My first poem was a collection of them in my freshmen year of high school. It was for a project in my English class I honestly don’t recall any of them – but if I found the booklet and read the poems, I’d probably cringe and find the blowtorch!

Do you find yourself to be more inspired by other poets or things outside poetry such as family, nature, etc? what things?

Regarding poetry inspirations, I know a lot of people who have had poems and chapbooks published. So I’ll naturally read their work. That’s usually the biggest motivator for me – reading their awesome words and wanting to create something just as awesome. Many novelists have given me inspiration in the past as well: Marquez, Murakami, Rowling, and Pullman are just four I can think off the top of my head. 
Outside of reading, I can receive inspiration anywhere. Take, for example, “Mondays”: that came from my love of crosswords and the I-hate-Mondays phenomenon. I’ve also been inspired by my travels, my interactions with others (family and friends), current events. Anything can find itself on pen and paper.

What’s the most interesting pop-culture trend you’ve taken a part of recently (willingly or not)

I guess I was a touch late getting into Game of Thrones. I read the books a few years back and enjoyed them for the most part. I began watching the TV show on DVD last year and have finished four seasons so far. Naturally, I know most of what’s going to happen in the next two seasons because one cannot spend more than ten seconds on social media without a GIF or snarky comment popping up unexpectedly about the show, mostly full of spoilers. I recently got an ad on Facebook for “the Battle of the Bastards” episode. But that wasn’t as bad as when I read a Hodor joke and almost threw my laptop against the wall.

What else should we know about you?

I’m not sure! I just got back from a two-week delayed honeymoon in northeastern Canada and Maine, which was spectacular. I got to miss the RNC during the trip: an added bonus. I’m also an avid Cleveland sports fan, which most of the time seems rather foolish. But not this year! Go Cavs!
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4/11/2016 0 Comments

Darren C. Demaree: Nude Male with Echo #251

Check out the interview and reading with April's Poet Darren C. Demaree here! We discussed all things poetry, including musical cues, his many extensive projects, research, and of course his love for the occasional piece of poetry inspiring pie.
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3/15/2016 0 Comments

Ben Stein: Lions

Ben Stein discusses the act of writing, Marvel vs DC, and other really fun things in this Red Flag Poetry interview.
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2/15/2016 1 Comment

Laura Scroggs: It Wasn't the IV

Laura Scroggs is a poet, or is she? Check out this interview to answer that and to hear our solution for Kanye's debt problems. ​
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1/11/2016 1 Comment

Lisa Panepinto: What are You Going to Do Now?

Lisa Panepinto talks with us about her poem from the January postcard and her relationship to nature. ​
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12/14/2015 1 Comment

Amanda Oaks: Insurgency

Amanda Oaks, of Words Dance Publishing, sat down with us to talk about her poem, Insurgency, and other things poetry. Check it out here, and then head over to Words Dance where you can find other great poets and poetry!
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11/9/2015 0 Comments

Jordi Alonso: Forecast

Jordi discusses his book, Honeyvoiced, poets like Pablo Neruda, and the surprise of unexpected mail! Check out his poem too!
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10/19/2015 0 Comments

Natalie DeFour: Cooking Stories

Check out Natalie DeFour's reading of her poem, Cooking Stories, and listen to our chat about poetry in the academy!
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8/15/2015 1 Comment

m.nicole.r.wildhood: Vapor

m.nicole.r.wildhood sat down with Red Flag poetry to discuss playing the saxophone, scuba diving, writers block, and of course the clouds in this interview and reading of her poem, Vapor.
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7/13/2015 1 Comment

John Dorsey: at 37 for mikey west

John Dorsey sat down with Red Flag's Co-editor, Wesley Scott McMasters, to discuss Ted Berrigan, postage stamps, beat poetry, and the poem at 37 for mikey west, and to give a reading of his poem.
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6/19/2015 0 Comments

Lindsay Vreeland: A Poem on Atheism

Lindsay Vreeland sat down to talk audiobooks, performing poetry, and David Sedaris. Check it and her reading "A Poem on Atheism" from June 1st out here!
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5/9/2015 1 Comment

Daryl Muranaka: Camping at Chuzenji-Ko

Daryl Muranaka sat down with us to read his great poem and talk poetry! Check it out!
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3/14/2015 2 Comments

Jill Alexandra Jablonski: Trapped

Jill Alexandra Jablonski reads her poem, Trapped, and discusses poetry, Poe, T.S. Eliot, and the internet in this interview!
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2/13/2015 1 Comment

Wesley Scott McMasters: 3 Haiku for October

Before joining the team, Wesley Scott McMasters sat down with Red Flag Poetry to  read his poem, 3 Haiku for October, and to talk poetry. Check it out here!
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1/15/2015 2 Comments

Sam Fetters: January the First

Sam Fetters talks to Red Flag Poetry about "January the First" and his poetry in general! ​
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12/20/2014 0 Comments

Chris Riley: There's No Way

Listen to Chris Riley read and discuss his poem from December's postcard here! ​
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