About Amy

The “official” bio, e.g. the short version: 

Amy Georgia Smith writes poetry because it roots her into land and life, and because, what else can a poet do? She published her first poetry collection, Composting the Moon, in March 2022, and has just completed a second poetry manuscript which, hopefully, will be out in the world soon. 

The less formal version:

I am poet, yogi, teacher. Human, being. As a poet and movement practitioner, I am curious about the way language, bodies, and land are interwoven, and the way language changes over time. I am fascinated by how the words we use influence what we see, think, and/or believe, and the way language has a physical presence in my body.

I walk with questions and am drawn to paradox and mystery. I am interested in the story of body and place. Sometimes, I think about poetry as palimpsest. Sometimes, I write with the ancestors. Sometimes, I write with the stones.

Stone is my spirit animal.