Kay Smith Poetry and he masked his formal

and he masked his formal virtuosity with a conversational casualness

filled with words we all know that go with things we see every day

Page—the celebrated poet—was also a gifted visual artist working under her married name

Amabile’s talent for sounding the complex depths of everyday life shines like a beacon

Casting into Mystery celebrates the meditative sport of fly fishing

Kay Smith Poetry and he masked his formalBorn in Saint John in 1911, Kay Smith was a poet and educator whose career spanned more than fifty years and whose circle included such luminaries as painter Miller Brittain and writer artist P. K. Page. Smith was known for her modernist style and her distinctly metaphysical poetic sensibility, and her poems frequently appeared in major literary publications such as Contemporary Verse, The Cormorant and The Fiddlehead. She published her first book,