FMSBW has released Between First & Second Sleep with praise wonderful fellow poets, including Matthew Zapruder, Donald Beagle, Beau Beausoleil, Mary Julia Klimenko, and Kevin Killian, who wrote of my debut collection: “Tamsin Smith’s WORD CAVE is a book to savor with great pleasure. It’s not only a kind of poetry new to me, it’s several kinds, […]Read Post ›
Announcing the release of my verse collection Word Cave; now available on Amazon.com. Published by Risk Press, this beautiful book features a cover portrait by Emilio Villalba (see featured photo) back cover collage detail by Matt Gonzalez, and photographs by Josh Smith, All proceeds from the sale of the book benefit SITES UNSEEN a non-profit, which activates alleys around Yerba Buena in […]Read Post ›
I order tea Called exuberant Waiting for you Bystanders steer Me to mango mist Buttery cloud Without the try How could I know If oolong’s my type What tale the leaves will bring Lost In alleyways We pass Words Like oxygen Drop smiles In cups As fortunes
by Tamsin Smith 1 a.m. I am aroused by dark remembrance a small child sniffling unconsoled and forgotten on her school stairwell while I remain a single chair floating in a garden uncertain where to turn the mess I’ve been working paint stroke and dab to push without losing the something it already has […]Read Post ›
