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Creator's Conversations with Steve Denehan

Today's Creator's Conversations is a part of the blog tour organised by Fly on the Wall Press . Today we will interview Steve Denehan . Steve lives in Ireland and he has written two chapbooks and two collections. He won Irish Times' New Irish Writing award for two tims. His poetries are featured in Westerly, Acumen , Into The Void and Poetry Ireland Review . He was nominated for Best of the Net , Best New Poet and was twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize . His latest poetry book Days of Falling Flesh and Rising Moons with Golden Antelope Press was released on October 14th, 2020. I have not done any editing to the conversation we had. Now let's begin the interview. Kangkan: Nowadays, people prefer watching a video rather than reading a book. Looking at the rising demand of the videos, do you think that the video industry is going to obliterate the book industry? Steve : I think both can happily exist alongside each other. To me watching a film or series is mor...

A review of The IRON Book of Tree Poetry

Just before writing these words, I have seen a post on social media that a Climate Clock has been installed in New York's Union Square which shows how much time we are far from another massive crisis. However, I have not checked the facts yet and honestly I don't have the mood to Google it right now. It's raining outside, and I want to invest this time only on writing while listening to the thunderstorms. If you know about the Climate Clock do inform me the details in the comment section. I really appreciate the idea of installing the Climate Clock, and I think all the major cities in the world should have a Climate Clock. It will act as a wake-up call for us, the homo sapiens. I don't know why we keep forgetting that trees play a major role in our survival on this planet, but we hardly care about them. Coincidently I completed reading an anthology themed on trees last night. Let's discuss it.  The name of the anthology is The IRON Book of Tree Poetry , and it is pu...