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Author: Joseph JP Johnson

Joe lives in Portland. He writes. Some of it is good. He earned his MFA in Creative Writing through the Rainier Writing Workshop (at Pacific Lutheran University).

S3E11 Babel

21 Apr 202120 Apr 2021 Joseph JP JohnsonLeave a comment

“The memory of flood / still lingering, / they build a tower, climbing /

to the heavens / where God’s waters / cannot reach.”

Tagged Babel, genesis, midrash, poems, poetry

S3E10 Inside, Brother Sons

14 Apr 202113 Apr 2021 Joseph JP JohnsonLeave a comment

“From inside from the dark
creature stench the slime
of creeping things
Inside with the relentless rocking”

From In Beginning: Poems

Tagged flood, genesis, noah, poem, poetry

S3E09 Euphemism

7 Apr 20211 Apr 2021 Joseph JP JohnsonLeave a comment

“The scriptures use idioms / but apart from phrases / shaped by sheltering translators /
they have little room / for euphemism.”

Tagged euphemism, genesis, In Beginning, poem, poetry

S3 Special Book Announcement

5 Apr 20211 Apr 2021 Joseph JP JohnsonLeave a comment
The new poetry book, In Beginning: Poems, is now available for purchase. Find it at Amazon, Simul Books (the publisher), or wherever books are sold. (more info)

Tagged genesis, In Beginning, poem, poems, poetry, poetry collection, simul books

S3E08 Consensus, Humanity, Hide and Seek

31 Mar 20211 Apr 2021 Joseph JP JohnsonLeave a comment

“The ambiguity of / ‘and the eyes of them both / were opened’ / leaves me questioning.”

Tagged eden, forbidden fruit, genesis, humanity, poem, poetry

S3E07 Fruit

24 Mar 20211 Mar 2021 Joseph JP JohnsonLeave a comment

“Maybe it was Milton or Caedmon who / first claimed the Tree of Knowledge held apples.”

Originally published at the Purpled Nail.

Tagged Caedmon, eden, fruit, genesis, poem, poetry

S3E06 Tilling

17 Mar 20211 Mar 2021 Joseph JP JohnsonLeave a comment

“The earth, / in its own way, / lay wild and waste / without the worker.”

Tagged creator, genesis, poem, poetry

S3E05 Seventh Day

10 Mar 20211 Mar 2021 Joseph JP JohnsonLeave a comment

“It all resolves like a sentence / punctuated. / So soon / into the book of beginnings—”

Tagged creation, genesis, poetry, Shakespeare

S3E04 The Lesser Light

3 Mar 20213 Mar 2021 Joseph JP JohnsonLeave a comment

“The Giant Impact Hypothesis / theorized that the moon / was a fragment—”

Tagged genesis, moon, poetry, twins

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