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

black, live matters: a collection of katauta for an activist husband (microzine)

Rinky Dink Press (purchase here)

2023

"Marigolds, or Black Girls Planted in Cleveland" (poem)

Poem for Cleveland Anthology

Ed. Ray McNiece

p. 97

2024

Publications

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