Ana Johnson
Photo by Bryce Murdoch
Poetry Reading at ArtFest, Kingston
What fun it was reading my poetry on Saturday, June 28, and during Open Mic sessions on Sunday, June 29, and Monday, June 30 at City Park!
This event featured 65 poets from Ontario and Quebec
Writing Workshops
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Free writing workshops* on Thursdays, 6:30-8 pm.
Check here to find out where each writing workshop will be held weekly.
On July 3, 2025, it will be held at Crave Cafe, Kingston, ON.
The focus on will be on writing question and answer piece, which could be dramatic, whimsical, gnomic, descriptive or otherwise.
Let me know if you are interested - send me an e-mail (apj.ajohnson@gmail.com), or simply show up.
* Following Stephen Guppy's "Writing and Workshopping Poetry" and GregoryOrr's "A Primer for Poets & Readers of Poetry".
Guppy S. Writing and Workshopping Poetry. Broadview Press. Peterborough, ON. 2016.Orr G.
A Primer for Poets and Readers of Poetry. W W Norton & Company. New York, NY. 2018.
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Poems
Explore Ana's latest published poem
from Devour: Art & Lit Canada
"Carved Tree" on page 41.
Carved Tree
I’m made in the image of the trees,
green hues of sunrise. Spring, moulding my
blood flow, red cells dancing through my body
cradling my pelvis, scapula, shoulders,
arms and feet. Verdant shades emanating within
pores, sweat moist of moss. Beneath, fresh
tender nurturing soil spreading among
white blood cells, fighting off anomalies.
Ripe grass, blades blowing from wind gusts
and soft sways alike, listening to the weather’s
wrath and peacefulness. Above, the blue sky, vast
and empty, ready for clouds of dawn,
gibbous moon lighting up
my heart, left ventricle receiving the river
of burgundy, right ventricle pumping
life into uncoiling leaves of bloom, expectant
of the recoiling of Winter snow
carved on blue spruce.
Ana Johnson, Ph.D.
Ana is a Professor in Public Health Sciences, who always had an interest in the uncertainties in life.
She has conducted some work in measuring uncertainty in her academic life. Writing and freedom of speech have attracted her to academia, as well as the possibility to make a difference through writing. In her field, in public health sciences, this means working with community based organizations, granting agencies, and government entities alike, as well as students, in shaping their future as change makers.
In her personal life, she has been interested in symbolism as another type of language for communication. From an early age, she was exposed to Greek mythology, and at ten, she was gifted the book, "Man and his Symbols", by Carl Jung. At sixteen, she was exposed to "Essay on the Freedom of Will", by Arthur Schopenhauer. Within the realm of creative writing, she is interested in exposing humanity's deepest wishes and desires in the quest for happiness.
Contact: apj.ajohnson@gmail.com
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