{"id":35065,"date":"2014-02-02T12:30:32","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T18:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=35065"},"modified":"2014-02-02T12:32:21","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T18:02:21","slug":"poetry-acting-writing-author-richard-smith-goes-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=35065","title":{"rendered":"Poetry, Acting, &#038; Writing: Author Richard Smith Goes on Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=35065\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=35065\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16577\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"rich smith header\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/rich-smith-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a>Exclusive Interview by Geno McGahee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Conducted in 2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is refreshing to see somebody stepping away from the normalcy of living to chase a dream and create something artistic and meaningful. Richard Smith and I have worked at the same place for years, and when I needed extras for FAMILY SECRET in 2009, he agreed, and was moved to a speaking role. Through his acting ability, he has made his way into two other features in much larger roles (SCARY TALES, SICKLE) and that\u2019s when I began to hear of \u201cA SAILOR\u2019S HAIKU.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Smith wrote a book of poetry and commentary that he was publishing and is available at Ama-zon.com. I immediately picked it up, despite my lack of love for poetry, and found it quite enter-taining. Smith was able to bring a human touch that came off the pages. His approach, mixed with humor and honesty is what made this book special and made this the first book of poetry that I have been able to read all the way through.<\/p>\n<p>Richard has several book signings lined up in the New England area, has been making positive strides, and is on the verge of releasing his second book: \u201cA HOUSE OF WORDS.\u201d Smith sat down with RSR \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newzbreaker.com\/?p=18054\">Click here to read the rest of:\u00a0Poetry, Acting, &amp; Writing: Author Richard Smith Goes on Record<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive Interview by Geno McGahee (Conducted in 2011) It is refreshing to see somebody stepping away from the normalcy of living to chase a dream and create something artistic and meaningful. Richard Smith and I have worked at the same place for years, and when I needed extras for FAMILY SECRET in 2009, he agreed, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9720,32,5705],"class_list":["post-35065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-writing-author-richard-smith-goes-on-record","tag-acting","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35065"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}