Smith, Maggie 2015
It doesn’t matter
if this river is listening. It’s not
from around here, and it’s not staying.
– Maggie Smith, “River”
Read this interview with Maggie Smith from Tupelo Quarterly:
Wise & Fierce Beauty: Maggie Smith’s The Well Speaks of its Own Poison
When I encountered Maggie Smith’s poetry manuscript The Well Speaks of its Own Poison, winner of Tupelo Press’ 2012 Dorset Prize, I knew, immediately, that I was in the presence of the real thing. There is wise, fierce, and truthful beauty here, the muscular craft to carry it across time and place, and both the […]
There are fish in the black trenches
of the sea that look like rocks.
Their poison shouldn’t trouble me.
– Maggie Smith, “Stonefish”
Watch this video adaptation of Maggie Smith’s poem “Good Bones”:
