A popular poet on Poetry Space, Johanna’s work has regularly appeared amongst the shortlisted poems in the photo and poem challenge and in Poetry Space Quarterly Showcase.
Johanna recently launched Cardboard City at The Beverley Festival in Yorkshire, UK.
Here is a sample poem from the book:
Carnival Ride
Each time the Ferris wheel appears
it’s bigger and better than its rival,
launching, then gradually rotating,
up, up to meet the same sovereignty
the big blue skies. Happily spinning
Turning out loud squeals and laughter
like your colours Ferris wheel.
Looking down from the top
when it stops, the life all seems
so far away, the families and friends.
Promptly the whirling makes a humming
moving back down, coming nearer,
queues, trees, bridges as large as the skies.
ISBN: 978-1-909404-16-8 28 pages, booklet. Retail Price £4.00
