Poet to Poet: Britt Fleming

Ezra Pound once remarked “poetry is news that stays news.” During this series, I wanted to see what happens when Minnesota poets are interviewed as poet to poet, through the forms we work in the most.

For May, we interview poet Britt Fleming of Mankato. He is currently an administrator for Northography at www.northography.com, a popular long-running collaborative literary website of Minnesota. You can also visit his website at www.brittfleming.com to discover a little more about him.

Being roams idly
Regarding orthography
Inquiries: Self, why?

All phonemes have form
But Germanic expressions
Could use some morae

Thoughts: Butter or Ice?
Travel challenged you: Live well.
Followed advice? 

Salt water fills meat
Rock never floats in the sea
Conclusion: Let’s eat

Loons, reeds, responses.
Electronic connections, souls.
Muses enduring?

Silicon captures
Ethereal memories.
In persistent ekphrasis.