My Review Merril D. Smith’s debut collection is poetry of the felt but unseen, those moments in life when we feel in touch with something greater than ourselves to which only poetry can give voice. Even then, we can never fully understand it. We just know it’s there, a form of faith we never knew … Continue reading #bookreview: River Ghosts
Juvenilia: “They Felt Like Clapping Hands & Jumping Up & Down”
My First Published Byline Apparently, this was my first published byline, which appeared in the Enosburg Standard somewhere around 1967-68. I'm the dejected chubby girl in full Girl Scout regalia in the back row. Worth Preserving? I've often wondered as I consider cleaning out an overstuffed closet whether one's juvenilia is an important enough record … Continue reading Juvenilia: “They Felt Like Clapping Hands & Jumping Up & Down”