As editor, I review submissions, help select poems for publication, and suggest refinements to bring out each piece’s potential. Beyond the editorial work, I get to read and appreciate a vast array of writing, celebrating the diversity, evolution and energy of the poetry community.

At university, I explored the selective abandonment of the inverted comma in fiction. I’d love to see more experimentation with form and visuals, especially with dropping punctuation. These playful (or calculated) risks can enunciate the spaces between words, or shape the pacing.

Read widely and write often. Take a notebook on the train. You’ll find the poem, write the poem, deconstruct the poem and rebuild the poem. Repeat until it takes on a life of its own. Accept that sometimes there won’t be a poem. Most importantly, remain unserious.