…I was trying to draw out a comment by you about what you think poetry does? Or what is poetry for?

Poetry done right stops time.

As follow up to the above, with the cultural landscape so crowded with everyone, uhhh, doing their own thing how can a writer be heard?

Take hostages.

F.A. Nettelbeck interviewed by Mr. Jim Hayes. Four Minutes to Midnight Issue XI, featuring Nettelbeck’s Happy Hour, is coming very very soon!