Janna Marie Smits is an author and poet.
She writes to slow things down, just a little, so that we can appreciate those significant moments that we so often barely notice as they are actually happening in our lives. In a world where time moves faster than we can ever fully grasp, a penned verse can amplify the vivid memories of our lives that flow throughout this time we seem to never have enough of.
Her book, Phases of a Muse, is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target and other major retailers.
Phases of a Muse is a collection of poetry and images that give voice to the journey of a woman through the shadows and the light as she releases her unique spirit into a dark & brilliant world. Through the suffering and through the blooming, Janna gives expression to our potential and the path each of us must travel, ultimately alone, in order to reach it. The poems and stunning photography encourages us all to look at our own lives and with honesty and tender strength, fashion who we are into a work of art worthy of the opportunity we’ve all been given to live here and now in this mighty world.
“Life is such a splendid unfolding upon the graceful pendulum of beauty & pain. And the best way I know how to capture it, remember it, understand it a little more is through words dancing across a page.”
- Janna Marie Watson Smits
“Grace is the beauty of frame under the influence of freedom.”
Friedrich Schiller
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
-Marr Oliver