The sea that roars
gently in a shell
also crashes in a cup
held to the ear,
among other vessels
whose tides have only
to be taken up;
their further shores, named.
-J.D. Smith
Bigger than They Appear (2011)
“What a cache of treasures this collection is, what a cache of jewels. […] All are reminders of what the best, briefest poems can do: give back the world to us, as it passes, in the mirror of a few well-chosen words.”
-Cecilia Woloch
J.D. Smith’s third collection of poetry, Labor Day at Venice Beach, is forthcoming in 2012. He periodically provides updates at Smitroverse.