Sierra DeMulder

National Poetry Slam champion, co-founder of Button Poetry & Author

THIS CHAT HAPPENED ON February 04, 2016

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@sierrademulder · Poet, Andrews McMeel

Hi! I'm Sierra DeMulder; internationally touring poet, two-time National Poetry Slam champion, and one of the founders of Button Poetry, the largest digital distributor of spoken word in the world. In my newest collection, Today Means Amen, I write about the complexity of love and loss, mental health, family, and the process healing after trauma.

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Louise Meets

@louisemeets

Is there a poem you've ever regretted writing?

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Emily Hodgins

@ems_hodge · Community and Marketing, Product Hunt

What inspires you the most when you're writing?

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Mason Dean Nunemaker

@mason_dean_nunemaker

When you're working on a manuscript, how do you decide on what order your poems should go in? Are they ordered by image sets? Theme? Subject matter?

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Adam Marx

@adammarx13 · CEO, Glipple, Inc.

"in the in-between" <--- this is one of my favorite lines and concepts. I think I might have actually used something similar in one of my poems :) Great piece.

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QueenLear

@queenleariv · ConnectionAgent-Co-Founder @ButtonPoetry

Thanks for chatting with the community Sierra! Can you touch on the tendency for poetry/poets to silo themselves and the perspective of the poetry ivory tower? How can people break in and how can non-poets be part of the community?

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Alexandra Joy Pizano

@alexandra_joy_pizano · Student. Psychology major, artist, poet

Do your own experiences go into your writing?

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Transient

@yt_transient · I'm Transient, a spoken word poet

How did you get over stage fright and being too naked on the page?

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