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Poet R.T. (Rod) Smith was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in Georgia and North Carolina. · The South, the natural world, childhood, and the work of James ... agendaangle-downangle-leftangleRightarrow-downarrowRightbarscalendarcaret-downcartchildrenhighlightlearningResourceslistmapMarkeropenBookp1pinpoetry-magazineprintquoteLeftquoteRightslideshowtagAudiotagVideoteenstrash-o SkiptoContent ShowMenu PoetryFoundation Poems&Poets PoemsHome PoemGuides PoetsHome PoemoftheDay Collections Harriet HarrietBooks FeaturedBlogger AllPosts Articles ArticlesHome Essays Interviews Profiles AllArticles Video VideoHome AllVideos Podcasts PodcastsHome AllPodcasts Learn LearnHome Children Teens Adults Educators GlossaryofPoeticTerms PoetryOutLoud Events UpcomingEvents AllPastEvents Exhibitions PoetryMagazine PoetryMagazineHome CurrentIssue PoetryMagazineArchive Subscriptions AbouttheMagazine HowtoSubmit AdvertisewithUs AboutUs AboutUsHome Visit Library FoundationNews FoundationAwards MediaPartnerships People PressReleases ContactUs Newsletter Subscribe Search Search AboutUs AboutUsHome Visit Library FoundationNews FoundationAwards MediaPartnerships People PressReleases ContactUs Newsletters Subscribe PoetryFoundation Poems&Poets PoemsHome PoemGuides PoetsHome PoemoftheDay Collections Harriet HarrietBooks FeaturedBlogger AllPosts Articles ArticlesHome Essays Interviews Profiles AllArticles Video VideoHome AllVideos Podcasts PodcastsHome AllPodcasts Learn LearnHome Children Teens Adults Educators GlossaryofPoeticTerms PoetryOutLoud Events UpcomingEvents AllPastEvents Exhibitions PoetryMagazine PoetryMagazineHome CurrentIssue PoetryMagazineArchive Subscriptions AbouttheMagazine HowtoSubmit AdvertisewithUs BacktoPrevious R.T.Smith b.1947 ShareonTwitter ShareonFacebook Printthispage Emailthispage SarahKennedy PoetR.T.(Rod)SmithwasborninWashington,DC,andgrewupinGeorgiaandNorthCarolina.HeearnedaBAinphilosophyfromtheUniversityofNorthCarolina-CharlotteandanMAinEnglishfromAppalachianStateUniversity.HiscollectionsofpoetryincludeFromtheHighDive(1983),TheCardinalHeart(1991),Hunter-Gatherer(1996),Trespasser:Poems(1996),SplittheLark:SelectedPoems(1999),Messenger(2001),Brightwood(2003),TheHollowLogLounge(2003),OutlawStyle:Poems(2008),andSummoningShades(2019).HehasreceivedgrantsfromtheNationalEndowmentfortheArtsandtheVirginiaCommissionfortheArtsandhaswontheCohenPrizefromPloughsharesandaPushcartPrize. TheSouth,thenaturalworld,childhood,andtheworkofJamesDickeyareoftencitedasinfluencesonSmith’spoetry.InPoetry,BillChristophersencommented,“Smithusesafreeverseasspareasawhittledsticktoprobenature’sandchildhood’sepiphaniesandhisIrishCatholicheritage.”Smithalsopublishedseveralcollectionsofshortstories,includingUkeRiverDelivers(2006)andTheCalabooseEpistles:Stories(2009). SmithhastaughtatAuburnUniversityandwascoeditoroftheSouthernHumanitiesReview.From1995to2018heservedaseditorofShenandoah,theliterarymagazinefromWashingtonandLeeUniversityinLexington,Virginia,wherehewaswriter-in-residenceintheDepartmentofEnglish. HelivesinVirginiawithhiswife,poetSarahKennedy,withwhomhecoeditedCommonWealth:ContemporaryPoetsofVirginia(2003). 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