peeking through late night curtains shadows crawl high walls slink alleyways as faint humming neon colors dance the poet ponders directing images crafting stanzas praying breath becoming killer last lines Copyright 2020 Richard Johnson
Bio:
A happily retired Richard Eric Johnson writes poetry from his residence in Arlington, VA. He is a graduate of Indiana University—B.A Germanic Languages and M.S. Education. He served with the U.S. Army in Viet Nam and West Berlin and he served 23 Years as a Deputy Sheriff in Indiana. He has four volumes of poetry to his credit.
Donation Appeal:
Throughout June and July, we will be presenting on this web site work by poets and artists responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope you will find these works relevant, comforting and inspiring as we all cope with the economic and health-related fallout.
As you view the work on this site each day, we would like to encourage you to donate to the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC). Their mission “ is to feed our neighbors in need by providing dignified access to supplemental groceries. AFAC is seeing a record number of families due to the COVID-19 pandemic as families who never thought they would ever be in need are now showing up at our doors for much needed food.” And, in keeping with our hunger-focused efforts, you may also want to visit the Poetry X Hunger website where poems by many poets are posted and are being used by anti-hunger organizations.”
Throughout June and July, we will be presenting on this web site work by poets and artists responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope you will find these works relevant, comforting and inspiring as we all cope with the economic and health-related fallout.
Please consider donating to AFAC. If you do, let us know which poet or artist inspired you so we can send you a personal thank you.
