Conversant, too?: Louise, Louise

About Me

Name: Rose

Location: Columbus, Ohio, United States

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.

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Louise, Louise

Who says little women don't have power? Louise Robertson did a masterful job of handling poetry for a very appreciative crowd on Monday, the 30th. But that's not what this post is about. It's about the lingering feedback her reading has received since then. Her poetry still plays in the minds of Larry's regulars even now. At least three of the regular folks have commented on how very much they enjoyed her work and (some) how happy they are that I brought her to their attention. As a friend of mine would say, "Way cool, man."

This Monday night our featured reader was Eoin O'Brian, the cowboy poet's poet. Eoin took a couple of long breaks from serving drinks to share his inimitable wit and presentation skills with a roomful of pleased and pleasantly surprised listeners. Complete with props and prizes. It was a truly fun time. And the open mic brought a couple of notable newcomers--great to hear good work from the virgins.

Working at submittals again. 2006 should be a more active year in print for me.

Today's music: Hiroshima (again--big grin. It's good working music.)
Today's mood: Overwhelmed, but not at liberty to talk about it.

1 Comments:

Anonymous said...: It's amazing how a post with your name as the title wakes you up. "Louise, Louise!" I'm awake! Thank you.

I liked the crowd at Larry's, too and I'm sorry to have missed Eion. Also, I'll be sorry to miss Frank Richardson and Gina Blaurock when they have their features.

Great features this year, Rose.; 6:01 AM