A. Smith

A Smith is an undergraduate student studying Creative Writing Poetry at UMass Boston. This is Smith’s first professional publication of any kind, though he does have work to be published in a forthcoming issue of Fence Literary Journal. Smith writes primarily on his phone while riding the Boston T to his barista job in Cambridge. Smith first adopted his pseudonym as a scary-story-obsessed child who loved watching former Patriots running back Antowain Smith on TV. Smith features writing exercises, prompts, and challenges on his social media & website, where he also offers free poetry critiques & reactions for amateur or developing writers whenever his free time permits.

“Fur Coats,” “Gargoyles” and “Chamomile & Jokes about Good Band Names”

Commutes are the distances between
events. Some days I’m stuck with these
Black Mountain hipsters, pissing off
their North End balconies even on
a Tuesday.