Maggie Smith described the poems populating her collection Goldenrod, from 2021, as “more grounded,” noting how even its name is shared with a plant rooted firmly in the earth. “Even the political poems in that book are of a very specific time and place,” Smith said from the patio of Kittie’s in Bexley on a windy day in late March. “And I think this new book is dealing with time and place, but in a more abstract way.” Smith’s latest poetry colle…
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