Michael G. Smith is a chemist. He has held research positions at the University of Texas at Austin, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Montana State University. He taught mathematics at Santa Fe Community College (New Mexico). His poetry, haiku, haibun and essays have been published in Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Cider Press Review, Crannóg, Nimrod, The Santa Fe Literary Review, Sin Fronteras, and other journals and anthologies. No Small Things, a volume of poetry, was published by Tres Chicas Books. The Dippers Do Their Part, a collaboration with visual artist Laura Young of haibun and katagami from their Shotpouch Cabin residency in the Coast Range of Oregon, was published by Miriam’s Well. Flip Flop, a collection of haiku co-written with Miriam Sagan, was also published by Miriam’s Well. The Oregon Poetry Association selected his poem Disturbance Theory for their fall 2017 New Poets Award. He has a particular fondness for ancient Chinese poets.