Author, artist and performance poet Dominic Smith was born in 1969 in Wales. He studied English Literature at Southampton University and then became a teacher of English Literature and Creative Writing. In 1992 he began recording his poetry as a solo performer which has led to numerous releases, including an album with John Cale, the critically-acclaimed 'In The Deep', and 'In The Deep II' (with Charles Hayward). In 2005 Smith was selected for the Nottingham Poetry Trail, a national tour of poetry performances, and in the same year he received a commission from London's Southbank Centre to create a piece for their annual series of live music events – 'Live at the Southbank'
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His poem 'The Full Moon' was commissioned for an event marking the arrival of Apollo 11 to the Moon on 20 July 1969. He also collaborated with various artists on two albums: 'The Other Side Of The Moon' (with John Cale) and 'Venus & Jupiter' (with The Haxan Cloak). Smith is one of those rare artists capable of capturing the spirit of the moment through song and words and has been described as "one of Britain's finest living songwriters".