THE EXHIBITION
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THE EXHIBITION •
‘Trepidation’, ‘Surgical Notes’ & ‘Authenticity of Angels’
Richard Eric Johnson lives and writes poetry in Arlington, Virginia. He has authored five full-length poetry collections and his poetry has appeared in numerous online and print journals. Eric is also a Pushcart nominee. He most recently was honored to be archived at La Salle University’s Connelly Library. He is a graduate of Indiana University with a B.A. in Germanic Languages and an M.S. in Education. After a tour in Viet Nam and West Berlin, he embarked on a career as a public servant and is now very happily retired.
Kyle McCorquodale is a street photographer and amateur writer from Glasgow Scotland. He likes to focus on street abstract photography.
Trepidation
swirling clouds
lightning
drenching rain
covering towns below
feeling vibrations
hearing wings flap
voices screeching
hungry beasts
lurking in streets
roaming between houses
thirsting
preying
where
can we hide
Surgical Notes
surgeons call it
a quadruple bypass
I call it
a grand slam
out of the park
nightmare pain
forever a PTSD
beyond the shallow
breathing
gasping baby steps
emaciation
depression
prayers
end of tunnel light
a loss of muse
slowly returns
a renewal
fresh oxygen
fresh blood
circulate
this poem
Authenticity of Angels
wings folded or spread
sculpted stone
marble bronze crystal
eyes closed gazing
up or down
hands in prayer
playing a lyre
standing kneeling
churches graveyards
idolized in murals
actually
they live and walk
in our midst
plainly dressed
maybe fancied up
speaking many tongues
called to deliver
messages
once
twice
sometimes more
warnings or promises
all too human
until they are called
Richard Eric Johnson lives and writes poetry in Arlington, Virginia. He has authored five full-length poetry collections and his poetry has appeared in numerous online and print journals. Eric is also a Pushcart nominee. He most recently was honored to be archived at La Salle University’s Connelly Library. He is a graduate of Indiana University with a B.A. in Germanic Languages and an M.S. in Education. After a tour in Viet Nam and West Berlin, he embarked on a career as a public servant and is now very happily retired.