Publications

"Catholic School" (poem)

poemmemoirstory

PMS 2/2002

"Claudia Rankine" (poem)

Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism

p. 133

Volume 3, Number 1, 2002

"Fear #2" (poem)

My Soul to His Spirit: Soulful Expressions from Black Daughters to Their Fathers

Ed. Melda Beaty

p. 75

2005

"Process" (poem)

"Harriet's Prayer, An Audre Lorde Cento" (poem)

"Strange Flower, A Patricia Spears Jones Cento" (poem)

"Melodious Thunk" (poem)

Guide to Kulchur Creative Journal #2

pp. 38, 43, 63, 163

2014

"Be Your Own Bae" (guest blog)

Brassy Brown Nola

http://www.brassybrown.com/byob-bae/#contact-form-2739

February 12, 2015

"Safire Blew's Guide to the Poetry of Black Women" (poem)

"Untitled" (poem)

"Untitled [2]" (poem)

Guide to Kulchur Creative Journal #3

pp. 25, 36, 82

2015

Ariel in Black (full poetry collection)

Guide to Kulchur Vanguard Series

http://blackgirlpoet.wixsite.com/michellesmith/publications

November 2015

"The Coltrane Substitution (Naima)" (poem)

The Normal School

http://thenormalschool.com/the-coltrane-substitution-naima-by-michelle-r-smith/

April 2016

"Take Lemons, Make Tea: Black Women, Black Men, Kyriarchy, Honesty, & Responsibility" (essay)

Kulchur Magazine, Issue No. 1

p. 60

May 19, 2016

"Blacks and Blue: About Alton Sterling and Avoiding Police Brutality" (essay)

Kulchur Magazine, Issue No. 2

p. 4

July 21, 2016

"Anticipation" (essay)

Howl, 2016! Poems, Rants, and Essays on the Election

Ed. Trish MacEnulty

p. 159

2017

Facebook 41: A Collection of Online Aphorisms

http://blackgirlpoet.wixsite.com/michellesmith/publications

September 2017

"American Studies: Lesson Four: Microsociology"

"Enharmonic: In the Voice of Chan Parker"

"For the Black & Brown Girls Who Are Unaccountably Gone"

Gasconade Review

2019

The Vagina Analogues (full poetry collection)

*self-published/printed by Outlandish Press

August 2019

"Ode to the Women of Black Lives Matter vs. US Law Enforcement :: Analogue to 'Ode to the Harlem Globetrotters vs. The Washington Generals' by Kevin Young"

Peregrine Vol. XXXV (Black Poets Speak)

October 2021

"escapist daydream V"

New Note Poetry Magazine

http://www.newnotepoetry.com/spring-2022

April 2021

"Nothing is Different"

Merge Magazine

https://mergeliterarymag.com/nothing-is-different-by-michelle-r-smith.html

Summer/Fall 2022

"escapist daydream" poetry series (i, iii & iv)

io Literary Journal

https://www.ioliteraryjournal.com/refraction_michelle_smith.html

November 28, 2022

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