Category Archives: #Poetry

Calling Authors for Indie Author Day in FWB

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Angela Yuriko Smith

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Last Lizard Reading of Summer

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Angela Yuriko Smith

Tomorrow I’ll be doing my last reading of The Literary Lizard for the summer at the Fort Walton Beach Public Library at 10:30 a.m. It’s been a busy summer. Over the past two months Lit and I visited Children in Crisis, … Continue reading →

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Learning From Trees

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Angela Yuriko Smith

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Upcoming Event! Meet, Greet & Eat!

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Angela Yuriko Smith

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Small Books, Big Impact

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Angela Yuriko Smith

Remember my post about the 1×1 inch Poems-For-All project? I just found out today that two of my poems will be made into PFAs. My Elements will be PFA #1670 and Yin and Yang Hours will be PFA #1671. The Poems -For-All project seeks … Continue reading →

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Reviewing Reinhart

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Angela Yuriko Smith

Horrific Punctuation (Tiger’s Eye Press) A short book of poetry, Horrific Punctuation is full of questions. As I read, I felt like Jack Skellington in Nightmare Before Christmas asking “What does it mean? What does it mean?!?” I found myself … Continue reading →

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My Cat, Now Fat

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Angela Yuriko Smith

“My cat now fat” sits next to my computer to remind me that if I keep writing, I will succeed. It’s from a line in a poem I wrote years ago called— A Writer’s Wish If I could pen a … Continue reading →

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Free Online Poetry and Playwriting Course

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Angela Yuriko Smith

My husband, son and I have all just joined our first MOOC with the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. This free massive open online course, MOOC for short, will focus on writing about identities, communities, and social issues in … Continue reading →

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John Reinhart: Arsonist Under an Ashtray

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Angela Yuriko Smith

I met John Reinhart under an ashtray on the Queen Mary Cruise ship during StokerCon 2017. He was just laying there, waiting for a pick up. I was curious as to what kind of man waits to meet people from … Continue reading →