My conversation with Mockingheart Review editor, Clare L. Martin.
A MockingHeart Review Conversation with Robert Okaji, author of If Your Matter Could Reform (Dink Press, 2015)
MHR: Hi, Robert. I am glad we have this opportunity to talk to one another about your new chapbook, If Your Matter Could Reform. I have a few questions which I hope will illuminate us.
RO: Thank you, Clare. I’m thrilled that you asked.
MHR: The first poem is “Wind” which introduces us to the ethereal voice that has a calming effect but also the authority and power to speak the deepest questions that you explore in the book. I love the wind motif that blows in and out of poems, like a wind. What does the wind signify to you and what can we learn, formally, from paying attention to your use of it?
RO: We share our lives with the wind, yet are able to see it…
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O at the Edges 
The wind—beautifully said, as if you sat down and thoughtfully composed it. Amazing that you could do so extemporaneously during an interview.
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I must admit that it wasn’t extemporaneous. But close. 🙂
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Excellent interview–and now I have another reason to think highly of you besides your poetry. “Edgar Meyer on bass.” Absolutely!
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Thanks, Jeff. Edgar Meyer is one of my favorite musicians/composers, no matter the instrument, and is certainly my top choice for bass.
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Great post, Clare. I enjoyed this, Robert.
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Thanks, Audrey. I enjoyed it, too.
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It is also satisfying to hear your Robert voice! (In addition to your poetry voices.)
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They’re not a whole lot different, except I tend to mumble and curse much more in person. There’s something to be said for editing!
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Thanks for sharing this interview, Bob; it’s an intriguing window into your beautiful mind. 🙂
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I think my mind needs dusting – I picture nooks and crannies piled high with stuff, and lots of cobwebs. 🙂
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Good interview. Thank you for reading my blog.
Regards, Rosie
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Thank you, Rosie. I enjoy your blog.
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