TEN with meika loofs-samorzewski « Folded Word Press

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We crossed the International Date Line and the Equator for this interview, so we’re made the most of our trip and asked follow-up questions for the first time. We’re posting half of our interview with meika today and the other half in a week.

We caught up with meika in his foundry where he pours molten bronze into molds. It was hot yet amazing to watch him work. If you want to see examples of his sculpture, check out his website . He has an amazing mind, as you will read shortly, and was able to answer our questions whilst working bronze and posting on Twitter .

What was the first book/poem/phrase that rocked your world? A primary school reader in grade 4, I forget the name exactly, Mrs-So-and-So goes to Mars.

What is the first thing you’d do if you went to Mars? Smile.

Dr. Who picks you up in the Tardis. Where/when do you go? This is really hard, probably somewhere never visited or mentioned in any Dr Who show. Someplace where nobody famous is at all likely to be met— a moist mossy place under the light of another star.

So you prefer the beauty of ordinary to the flash of special? Or is it the lure of unique? I like rambling, that cross between wilderness hiking and the city flaneur. I’d like to do that across the galaxy, resting in special places that might be quite uniquely ordinary.

What was your first published piece & where was it published? A chapbook entitled A Sonnet of Unsonnet , Post Neo (an imprint by Pete Spence) Melbourne, 1987. This is a good question because it reminds me that that style of short punchy lines would work well for Twitter. Maybe I was ahead of the times in ...

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