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Rose M. Smith is a shy, quiet poet who's lived most of her life in Columbus, Ohio. Distracted early by the tasks of marriage, work, and motherhood, she returned to the poetry scene in the mid-'90s with a familiar, conversational voice heavily informed by human situations and emotion. Her work has appeared in Chiron Review, The Iconoclast, Good Foot, Pavement Saw, Concrete Wolf, Main Street Rag, and The Pedestal Magazine and other journals, as well as Poems from the Big Muddy: The 2004 National Poetry Slam Anthology. Rose reads throughout the midwest--she'll make a jaunt cross country if she's needed. Rose has been a three-time member of Columbus' National Poetry Slam (NPS) team, placing 13th indivually at the 2005 National Poetry Slam. She is an associate editor at Pudding House Publications and author of Shooting the Strays (Pavement Saw Press, 2003) and A Woman You Know (Pudding House Publications, 2005). Read more about her at http://puddinghouse.com/associates.htm.