Conversant, too?

The occasional ramblings of a Columbus, Ohio poet.

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Rose M. Smith is a shy, quiet poet who's lived most of her life in Columbus, Ohio--a conversational voice heavily informed by human situations and emotion. Voted "poet most unlike herself at the mic," she has been known to silence an unruly room when her poems begin to speak. Her work has appeared in Chiron Review, The Iconoclast, Good Foot, Pavement Saw, Concrete Wolf, Boston Literary Magazine, The Examined Life, Main Street Rag, and The Pedestal Magazine, and other journals and anthologies. Rose reads throughout the midwest--she'll make a jaunt cross country if she's needed (you pay for it). She has been called "a quiet visionary spanning the worlds of performance poetry and literary print! challenging and enriching the norms of both. She is an associate editor at Pudding House Publications and author of Shooting the Strays (Pavement Saw Press, 2003) and A Woman You Know (Pudding House Publications, 2005) and is featured in the Poets' Greatest Hits collection now managed bt Kattywampus Press. Rose is a Cave Canem Fellow.

Saturday, July 30, 2005

a good day

Couple of hours out at PH, just finishing up some orders. Then a nice nap. Skipped the company picnic--just too tired to make the 45 minute drive and walk around all afternoon and evening, but did go to a cookout given by a friend. Wonderful times, but I missed holding and hugging little babies that look like my coworkers.

New chapbook is selling well. What a joy! The artists requests future covers be printed on white cover stock instead of red in order to stay true to the black and white image she created. So, A Woman You Know will be available in two different covers for a while.

Preps for Nationals are going well. Can hardly wait as departure looms closer. This will be a good trip.

What a give it is, each day, simply to breathe.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Excellence Award grant application deadline Sept 1; the guidelines and application online. For some reason, the site is down temporarily down. Key word search, Ohio Arts Council.

Your publication history and roles in various poetry communities makes you an excellent candidate. Support materials (work samples and rec letter--ask Jennifer and Scott and Steve) need to be sent via regular mail by no later than 5 pm, Sept 8, but the online grant app deadline is Sept 1. Call 466-2613 with any questions; talk to the grants administrator if you've questions.

Think about it--$5K to do whatever you want.

6:22 AM  
Blogger Rose said...

Hey, there, Mary! Yes... I'm working on that. Hard to know what to include, but I'm weary of being admonished for not at least trying this.

9:06 AM  

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