Award-winning novelist writes words of love: "To touch the caterpillar-curve of a baby''s thigh..."
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“To touch the caterpillar-curve of a baby’s thigh
To breathe in guileless oxygen…”
So begins the poem “Woman’s Day” by award-winning novelist Carolyn Howard-Johnson. It was just published by Sparks, a magazine for women edited by Carol Singer and Deborah Singer.
Howard-Johnson’s first novel, This is the Place, has garnered eight awards since its release in 2001 and an excerpt was published in the prestigious Copperfield Review. It was also a NUW Book Club Selection in 2002. Her second book, Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered, has won three awards including WordThunder.com’s annual award for excellence.
The poem selected for this print magazine is from Howard-Johnson’s book of poetry in progress called Skyscapes: A Woman's View.
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Learn more about the author at http://carolynhowardjohnson.com.