Interview with Gabriel Gadfly

February 12, 2013 in Creativity, Dreams, Life with 4 Comments

For today’s post I interviewed poet Gabriel Gadfly. We talk about how he discovered he was a poet, misconceptions about poetry, how he got published, and his advice for anyone wanting to find their niche. I had a blast doing the interview and I hope you enjoy it too.

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Have you found your niche? If so, what is it? If not, no worries! Any idea what might be included in it?

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http://twitter.com/JasonZiebart Jason Ziebart

Great interview. Glad I took the time to listen before I begin the section on Robert Frost today. Too many students think poetry is dead, yet, as Gadfly says, poetry is still a vital part of our society. Perhaps we’ve just found other means of expression and art that overshadow: i.e. movies, music, digital versions of expression.
- http://gabrielgadfly.com/ Gabriel Gadfly
  
  It’s possible. Films, music, even other forms of writing such as fiction, have long overshadowed poetry. But I think poetry is making a return to the mainstream, in part because it’s easy to share online, and because poets are starting to embrace new ways of presenting their art — through audio, through video, through relatively new styles like slam poetry.
  
  I think poets have a big responsibility in that comeback — the responsibility to do more to get our work out there, and to engage educators and students, to make the educational system aware that there’s more to poetry than classic writers who have been dead for 100 years or more.
annette skarin

Love this interview Jim,
Very informative and encouraging for all of us from any niche. My niche is memoir. I am connected with people who are aspiring poets and now I know where to send them. Thanks again Jim, keep them coming.
- http://unknownjim.com/ Jim Woods
  
  So glad you enjoyed this Annette!!