Monica E. Smith

Monica enjoys writing about everyday things, and feels that a poem can be found anywhere. Her family continues to play a most important part in her writing. They have always had confidence in her, even when she wasn’t so sure of herself. Family and friends have been the “subjects” of much of her better poetry, as “Love makes for a fertile garden in which poetry can grow”.

About her writing, Monica explains “I feel poetry need not be written in a complicated language for the select few. I find, even in the brevity of poetry the freedom of expression, and in that there is freedom in expression.” She feels what is most important in writing a poem is the sharing. The two must go ... more »

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