Poet Meg Smith |
Meg
Smith is a poet, journalist, dancer and events producer living in
Lowell, Mass.
Her poems have appeared in The Cafe Review, Poetry Bay, Astropoetica,
Illumen, Dreams & Nightmares, the Dwarf Stars anthology of the
Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association and many more.
As
a journalist, her coverage has been in honored by the New England
Newspaper And Press Association, including first place awards for
coverage of racial and ethnic issues, and coverage of religion.
She
is a past board member of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! and produces the
Edgar Allan Poe Show, honoring Poe's presence in Lowell, Mass. She
recently published a second book of poetry, Dear Deepest Ghost,
available on Amazon.
The Amulet
For
keeping,
on a Cairo
balcony
overlooking
gardens of
satellite dishes
rooftop flowers
and rose-colored
dusk
calling,
chanting.
I know
every life here.
I hold this,
close,
wearing, to
signify,
everything
copper,
everything in a
diminishing sun.
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