E399 - The Art Box - Episode 398 - Reciting Poetry with Love in Her Heart - Meet Kathy Smith
Published: February 10, 2026
Duration: 28:46
From memories of Arizona to the wide-open ranges of Utah and Nevada, Kathy Smith carries the West in her bones and in her poetry.
Kathy sits down to share how a fifth-generation ranching upbringing shaped her voice, her grit, and her storytelling. Raised in a world where hard work, heartbreak, humor, and heritage are woven together like rawhide, Kathy draws from lived experience, her own and those of the people she loves, to create poems that feel both personal and universal.
She talks about growing up in a ranching family, the lessons learned under big...