Selected Publications
Derr-Smith, Heather. “Saturday Morning.” TriQuarterly, no. 98, Winter 1996–1997.
—. “Near the Partisan Hall Detention Center.” TriQuarterly, no. 98, Winter 1996–1997.
—. “Foca.” TriQuarterly, no. 98, Winter 1996–1997.
—. “Burn.” Fence, Spring/Summer 2004.
—. “Walls of Byzantium.” The Literary Bohemian, no. 4, Apr. 2009.
—. “The End of a Storm.” The Literary Bohemian, no. 4, Apr. 2009.
—. “Entrance.” The Literary Bohemian, no. 4, Apr. 2009.
—. “Interrogation V.” Diode Poetry Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, Fall 2009. http://diodepoetry.com/v3n1/content/derr-smith_h.html
—. “Interrogation VI.” Diode Poetry Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, Fall 2009. http://diodepoetry.com/v3n1/content/derr-smith_h.html
—. “Interrogation X.” Diode Poetry Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, Fall 2009. http://diodepoetry.com/v3n1/content/derr-smith_h.html
—. “Backfire 2.” Nashville Review, Spring 2010.
—. “The Chase.” Glass: A Journal of Poetry, vol. 4, no. 1, 2011.http://www.glass-poetry.com/volume-four/issue-one/smith-wolves.html
—. “Three Wolves, December Storm, Boundary Waters.” Glass: A Journal of Poetry, vol. 4, no. 1, 2011. http://www.glass-poetry.com/volume-four/issue-one/smith-wolves.html
—. “Heathens.” The Center for Mennonite Writing, vol. 6, no. 2, 2014.https://mennonitewriting.org/journal/6/2/poems-diana-zimmerman/
—. “Rhododendron.” The Center for Mennonite Writing, vol. 6, no. 2, 2014.https://mennonitewriting.org/journal/6/2/poems-diana-zimmerman/
—. “Hundred Year Flood.” The Center for Mennonite Writing, vol. 6, no. 2, 2014.https://mennonitewriting.org/journal/6/2/poems-diana-zimmerman/
—. “Butcher, Sarajevo.” 2River View, vol. 19, no. 1, Fall 2014.https://2river.org/2RView/19_1/poems/derr-smith.html
—. “Wilson’s Promenade, Sarajevo, and Leonard Cohen.” 2River View, vol. 19, no. 1, Fall 2014. https://2river.org/2RView/19_1/poems/derr-smith.html
—. “Thrown, Sarajevo.” Tweetspeak Poetry, 17 May 2016. https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2016/05/17/poetic-voices-kelly-hansen-maher-heather-derr-smith/
—. “Runaways.” The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed, Sundress, 6 July 2016. https://sundressblog.com/2016/07/06/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-tongue-screw-by-heather-derr-smith-3/
—. “Iraqi Style Fish Shop, Damascus.” Split This Rock, 14 Oct. 2016. https://www.splitthisrock.org/poetry-database/poem/iraqi-style-fish-shop-damascus
—. “Hazel Run.” The Missouri Review, vol. 39, no. 4, 2017.https://missourireview.com/people/heather-derr-smith/
—. “Catherine’s Furnace.” The Missouri Review, vol. 39, no. 4, 2017.https://missourireview.com/people/heather-derr-smith/
—. “The Quarry.” The Missouri Review, vol. 39, no. 4, 2017.https://missourireview.com/people/heather-derr-smith/
—. “XXX.” The Missouri Review, vol. 39, no. 4, 2017.https://missourireview.com/people/heather-derr-smith/
—. “You Got to Pray to the Lord When You See Those Flying Saucers.” The Missouri Review, vol. 39, no. 4, 2017.https://missourireview.com/people/heather-derr-smith/
—. “Miss World.” Rivet: A Journal of Writing, 2017. https://rivetjournal.com/miss-world-by-heather-derr-smith/
—. “Hideout.” Vandal Poem of the Day, 24 Oct. 2017. https://poetry.lib.uidaho.edu/category/heather-derr-smith/
—. “Catherine’s Furnace.” Vandal Poem of the Day, 17 Nov. 2017.https://poetry.lib.uidaho.edu/category/heather-derr-smith/
—. “Gouge.” Split This Rock, 15 Dec. 2017. https://www.splitthisrock.org/poetry-database/poem/gouge
—. “Hazel Run.” Vandal Poem of the Day, 2 Feb. 2018. https://poetry.lib.uidaho.edu/category/heather-derr-smith/
—. “The Quarry.” Vandal Poem of the Day, 6 Feb. 2018. https://poetry.lib.uidaho.edu/category/heather-derr-smith/
—. “I-95.” Vandal Poem of the Day, 8 Feb. 2018. https://poetry.lib.uidaho.edu/category/heather-derr-smith/
—. “Glass Jaw.” Vandal Poem of the Day, 9 Mar. 2018. https://poetry.lib.uidaho.edu/category/heather-derr-smith/
—. “Filadelfia.” Prairie Schooner, vol. 92, no. 2, Summer 2018. University of Nebraska Press Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2018
—. “Threshing.” Prairie Schooner, vol. 92, no. 2, Summer 2018. University of Nebraska Press Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2018
—. “Sacrifice.” Prairie Schooner, vol. 92, no. 2, Summer 2018. University of Nebraska Press Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2018
—. “Captures at Hastings.” Prairie Schooner, vol. 92, no. 2, Summer 2018. University of Nebraska Press Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2018
—. “Grimoire.” Salamander, no. 46, Spring/Summer 2018. https://salamandermag.org/grimoire/
—. “Joan.” Glass: A Journal of Poetry, 6 Nov. 2018. http://www.glass-poetry.com/journal/2018/november/derr-smith-joan.html
—. “Epigraph.” Empty Mirror, 30 Nov. 2018. https://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/poems/poems-heather-derr-smith
—. “Epoch.” Empty Mirror, 30 Nov. 2018. https://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/poems/poems-heather-derr-smith
—. “Terror Praesentis.” Empty Mirror, 30 Nov. 2018. https://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/poems/poems-heather-derr-smith
—. “Traitor.” Verse Daily, 26 Dec. 2018. http://www.versedaily.org/2018/traitor.shtml
—. “Uxor Pilate.” Quarterly West, no. 108, “Salvage/Selvage,” 2019. https://www.quarterlywest.com/salvage-selvage/derr-smith
—. “Inauguration.” Quarterly West, no. 108, “Salvage/Selvage,” 2019. https://www.quarterlywest.com/salvage-selvage/derr-smith
—. “Portrait of a Courtesan.” Quarterly West, no. 108, “Salvage/Selvage,” 2019. https://www.quarterlywest.com/salvage-selvage/derr-smith
—. “Ghost.” The Literary Review, vol. 62, no. 2, “Granary,” 2020.https://www.theliteraryreview.org/issue/granary/
—. “Bite.” The Literary Review, vol. 62, no. 2, “Granary,” 2020.https://www.theliteraryreview.org/issue/granary/
—. “At the Crossing.” The Literary Review, vol. 62, no. 2, “Granary,” 2020.https://www.theliteraryreview.org/issue/granary/
—. “Black Bread.” Another Chicago Magazine, 12 Jan. 2021. https://anotherchicagomagazine.net/2021/01/12/heather-derr-smith-black-bread-instruction-manual-baltic-in-the-first-hour-of-war/
—. “Instruction Manual, Baltic.” Another Chicago Magazine, 12 Jan. 2021.https://anotherchicagomagazine.net/2021/01/12/heather-derr-smith-black-bread-instruction-manual-baltic-in-the-first-hour-of-war/
—. “Iftar with the Stooges, Sarajevo.” Another Chicago Magazine, 12 Jan. 2021.https://anotherchicagomagazine.net/2021/01/12/heather-derr-smith-black-bread-instruction-manual-baltic-in-the-first-hour-of-war/
—. “In the First Hour of the War We Didn’t Believe It Was a War.” Another Chicago Magazine, 12 Jan. 2021. https://anotherchicagomagazine.net/2021/01/12/heather-derr-smith-black-bread-instruction-manual-baltic-in-the-first-hour-of-war/
—. “Sleepers.” The Massachusetts Review, vol. 62, no. 1, Spring 2021.
—. “Troubled.” Cimarron Review, Fall 2022/Winter 2023.
—. “Squib.” Cimarron Review, Fall 2022/Winter 2023.
—. “The Conjuring,” “Oracle,” electric pink, July 2026
https://www.electric-pink.org/contributors/heathen
—. “Girls to the Front” Okay Donkey Magazine, Sept 2026.
https://okaydonkeymag.com/2026/09/11/girls-to-the-front-by-heather-derr-smith/
Selected Reprints
Derr-Smith, Heather. “Advent.” Academy of American Poets, Poets.org.
—. “American Ready Cut System Houses.” Academy of American Poets, Poets.org. Originally published as a Poem-a-Day, 19 Dec. 2016.
—. “Heathens.” Academy of American Poets, Poets.org.
—. “May We Meet No Line a Boundary.” Academy of American Poets, Poets.org.
—. “Bite.” Verse Daily, 2020. Originally published in The Literary Review.
—. “Confession.” ALL Review, “How to Live” series. Originally published in Tongue Screw.
—. “Traitor.” Verse Daily, 26 Dec. 2018. Originally published in Tongue Screw.
Heather Derr-Smith 