Sonja Johanson
Walking Away
Resurrection
all around
the only person
saying
sense
closed her eyes and
headed down the stairs.
erasure, Anne Rice, Taltos, pg. 210
simple leaves, Eastern White Pine, Pinus strobus
Log Run
he had
forgotten
the river
a soundless torrent
came down through
his dreams
he thought of
blue
He pictured
floods
which so often saved him
erasure, Anne Rice, Taltos, pg. 20
stipe and rachis segments from fertile fronds, Bracken Fern, Pteridium aquilinum
Functional Extinction
what comes naturally after someone dies
the door
closed, the view
explained
How dreadful
conversation
the
clue
we don’t want
to know.
erasure, Anne Rice, Taltos, pg. 230
leaf margins, American Chestnut, Castanea dentata
Confession
The burning green
some dim
wound
awkward unloved
shameful
lusting after
forgiveness
and
lantana
erasure, Anne Rice, Taltos, pg.50
florets, Confetti Spreading Lantana, Lantana x “Moni”