The Starbeck Orion Issue #6 Showcasing: Peter J Donnelly, Page 18 of 25

A Feast Of Words And Image

Growing Fruit Hawes previously appeared in the Lothlorien Poetry Journal on 9 June 2024:

https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2024/06/three-poems-by-peter-j-donnelly.html?spref=tw

The Showcase Interview

Q: Your default form seems to be a single left margined stanza? Why do you prefer this form?

I don't necessarily prefer it. Usually my first drafts begin in this form and then I look at ways of splitting them into verses. Often I prefer to leave them as a single stanza to keep the flow of the lines. If I do split them into verses I prefer them to be of equal length and each beginning with a new sentence if possible. This is not so important if they are couplets.