This article first appeared on Roborant Review on November 6, 2025. Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) — Walt Whitman, Song of Myself 51 Human beings often aspire to a still point of harmony or balance. And yet… as Galileo Galilei muttered after Roman Inquisitors […]Read Post ›
This essay was originally published in 2024 by the Sebastopol Center for the Arts in the Reverberations 3 exhibition catalog, which is available for purchase here. Welcome to this third volume of Reverberations, in which the Sebastopol Center for the Arts has paired Northern California poets with individual works of art owned by intrepid Sonoma County collectors. […]Read Post ›
Now available for purchase. What some mighty fine poets are saying about New Species of Color: “I loved reading Tamsin’s Spencer Smith’s New Species of Color. I was immediately drawn into the irresistibly mysterious and original worlds of these poems: their charms, their sly humor, their precise questions and generous, open, suggestions of answers. Deeply intelligent, […]Read Post ›
This essay with four poems was first published in September 2021, by Hollis Taggart Gallery, as part of their exhibition catalogue for the presentation of “Entanglement: Hollis Heichemer.“ The modern mind is encouraged to satisfy curiosity via a ticking of boxes. The quest for inspiration is often presented as a shopping expedition—think TED talks, listicles, […]Read Post ›
THE PROFOUND M: found photos paired with poems has been published by FMSBW Press. San Francisco poet Tamsin Smith selected from a diverse and extensive collection of found snapshot photography, composing poems for over 90 images. The photo-poem pairings are displayed on facing pages in this full color book. Includes an introduction by collector Matt […]Read Post ›
This article originally appeared in Juxtapoz Magazine on June 24, 2021. Why do we even bother to look at art in this day and age? Is it for the hope of a deeper exchange or some promising sign, if not of a better life, of a finer, more dear appreciation of this one. In The […]Read Post ›
Tamsin Spencer Smith’s third collection of poems is now available through FMSBW Press. A love letter to the natural world and the wild human heart, the cover of this book is based on a painting by Kevin Earl Taylor.
FMSBW has released Tamsin Smith’s Between First & Second Sleep with praise from poets, including Matthew Zapruder, Donald Beagle, Beau Beausoleil, Mary Julia Klimenko, and Kevin Killian, who wrote: “…a book to savor with great pleasure. It’s not only a kind of poetry new to me, it’s several kinds, each one impressive in a different […]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 ›
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