Renee Emerson

“Most of my writing takes place in a composition notebook while I’m sitting on the floor somewhere quiet….”

The Commonplace Misfortunes of Everyday Plants (Belle Point Press, 2023)

How do you decorate or arrange your writing space?

I have five children at home, and I homeschool, so my writing space isn’t much—just a small, roughed up desk once found on the side of the road in the corner of my bedroom, and a bookshelf choked with my favorite poetry books. But there’s good light from the windows, and, to be honest, I rarely do much more than editing while sitting at the desk. Most of my writing takes place in a composition notebook while I’m sitting on the floor somewhere quiet (often next to my bed and a pile of clean laundry) while the kids are playing.

Could you share a representative or pivotal poem from your book?…