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Regan Noelle Smith
Regan Noelle Smith is a writer, speaker, and poet based in Columbus, Ohio. Regan is often deep in thought, scribbling digital illustrations, and sharing her introspective and inspiring words through poetry readings, her Instagram page, and weekly emails.
Through her past history of mental illness and drug abuse, Regan has found that poetry, and connecting with others through vulnerability, has been a large part of her personal healing and restoration. Because of this, she’s made it her mission to inspire and empower women to self-reflect, find healing, and grow through poetry–whether they are the readers, or the writers.
Regan has authored the poetry collections Morning Air, Morning Light and Cloudland: the secret land that only I can see. She performs her poetry through open mics and her multi-media poetry experiences and her work shared in a multitude of spaces including Raine & Rose Co., Columbus Literacy Council, Poet Possibilities, Harness Magazine, The Poetry Club, and Secret Midnight Press.
Testimonials
“We cannot thank Regan enough for giving her time and talents to help girls rescued from human trafficking. She ran 3 fortnightly session with the girls in our SHE Rescue Home via zoom and taught them self expression and exploration through poetry. This was an entirely new concept to the Khmer girls (Cambodians)…The girls had a lot of fun both in the sessions and during the weeks in between creating their own poems. It was a freeing, creative and healing process for all of the girls. Thank you Regan! And we can't wait to do it again.” - SHE Rescue Home
"Having Regan come into our classroom has been an eye-opening & enriching experience for both myself and my students. Her ability to instantly connect, empathize, and motivate kids is amazing to see throughout her sessions…Hundreds of students have been impacted by both her writing and getting the opportunity to experience her perspective in person. Her kindness, compassion, and love for writing and humankind are undeniable and shine through when she is leading the classroom.
She does a masterful job of getting students to see the importance of writing, but more importantly self-love, resiliency in tough circumstances, not letting our past write our future, and the power of mindset in how we perceive ourselves and our world…I would highly recommend anyone who can do so to bring Regan into their world, be it a classroom, writing group, club, or any other collection of humans.” - Bryce Phillips, English Teacher
You can read some nice words written about her books on Amazon and Goodreads.
as seen in
Columbus Alive / Poet Possibilities / Columbus Literacy Council / Secret Midnight Press / Harness Magazine / VOYAGE Magazine / Raine & Rose Co. / The Poetry Club