Category: Poetry Publisher: Finishing Line Press
Pages: 24
Copyright: 2005
A chapbook of poetry that will strike chords--both major and minor--with women of all ages.
From the Acknowledgements:
Poetry is such a personal thing that every poem, every line, could be attributed to the blending of one life--past or present-- with another. I thank all those lives who have touched mine, even the ones who brought sadness, envy, anger, and illness to my door for those are the ones from whom I learned the most, gleaned the greatest lessons.
Love and thanks go to family, friends and teachers:
Excerpt
"An ancient
with no teeth pumps my gas,
puts me on the road
to Birmingham without a map
because, I’m sure,
he cannot read, his voice
a song finer than Foster
or B’rer Rabbit fables
read to me by mother
who never thought I’d see
a black man or the night sky
as Hapshutset saw it...
Professional Reviews
Endorsement/Blurb
Filled with brilliant imagery, Howard Johnson's poems have the power to make her readers see what she sees and feel what she feels. This is a rare gift.
Judith Colombo, Author
and Reviewer for The Weekly
Gleaner. and the The Daily
Gleaner
(Self-published. Please contact author directly to order.)
Enter the pages of diaspora in quiet introspection. Bathe your thoughts with subtle humor; synchronize your spirit-sense with history-in-heat; fall headlong with eyes wide open into
This is my personal inspirational book of poetry. It contains many poems written for family, friends, and relevant life situations. Hopefully you will find some that will encourage and inpsire you in whatever arena you are found in your circle of l
