by Maxima Kahn | Feb 8, 2018 | Creative Sparks
“We need the voices of all the poets,” Robert Duncan wrote. This has long been a credo of mine. Yet, I have to remind myself of it. Especially when I’m feeling “not good enough” as a poet. At times like those, I can start to feel “What’s the use? Who needs my poems... 
by Maxima Kahn | Nov 16, 2017 | Creative Sparks
How do I find my most authentic voice? Many writers and artists ask this question. Yet, perhaps there really isn’t just one voice. Questions of voice trouble writers and artists throughout their creative lives, as each creative project may ask for a new voice, a... 
by Maxima Kahn | Jun 14, 2017 | Creative Sparks
Pearls from the Colrain Poetry Conference I am just back from the Colrain Poetry Conference, this one held in Truchas, New Mexico. The conference is unique among poetry workshops in that it is an intensive weekend devoted to honing a manuscript of poems as a whole,...
