About the Author: Alice Smith

Alice Smith lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee and is the author of two books of poetry, A PLACE WHERE SECRET SHADOWS SHINE and also I WONDER...

  • Simply Held

    From the book THE RHYTHM OF STILLNESS

    By Published On: October 23, 2015

    A marvelous mystery the eternal embrace always there enfolding infusing

  • Lead Me On

    From the book THE RHYTHM OF STILLNESS

    By Published On: October 16, 2015

    Take me as I am. Lead me on. Lead me on through the night of mystery into the morning song.

  • What would happen if

    From the book THE RHYTHM OF STILLNESS

    By Published On: October 10, 2015

    What would happen if I took my heavy insecurities and slashed them into pieces sewing them back together into a lightweight, carefree cardigan?

  • Mystery Lane

    By Published On: October 3, 2015

    I don’t want all the answers for what if the answers are wrong?

  • Downward Mobility

    By Published On: July 25, 2015

    More and more and then some more is nothing more than more. More is rarely better. More is simply more.

  • The Upper Lake

    By Published On: July 10, 2015

    I walk along the wooded path that leads to a sacred spot flooded with the past, drenched in the present, and spilling over into the future.

  • The Garden of Grace

    By Published On: June 29, 2015

    If the shadow is not seen when the light is shining half of what is shown goes missing.

  • The African American Church

    By Published On: June 27, 2015

    The worshipers welcomed the stranger. Then hatred wearing a racist robe tore through the house of God.