Q&A with poet Cara Bruar
Hi everyone. I'm Cara, and I'm an Australian poet and fantasy author. I've just published my first poetry chapbook (that's a collection of about 30 poems). You can buy the ebook from Amazon or read it in Kindle Select. Why write poetry? No-one reads it, unless they're in high school and their teachers make them. I've only come to appreciate poetry recently. What I like about it is that it's a way to capture a moment, a single emotion, and focus on that in a way that's hard to do in novels. Poems are meant to be read aloud, so they need a rhythm, and there are only a few words, so you need to choose the best ones. It's fun. What kind of poetry do you write? In this first collection I've focused on my own experiences. I've also included some short stories which are important to me. These poems and stories are about the experience of being mortal. About changing with the years, killing versions of ourselves, remaking ourselves, wondering how it
