Deborah T. Johnson

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Location
Raleigh, NC
Gender
Female

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What I want you to know about me...

"Truth is like poetry. And most people f... hate poetry." The Big Short
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I love to sing and singing loves me.
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I'm six- and seven-decades in...
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I keep getting my heart broke, over and over and over again
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djtjohnson my author's name

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what follows is a working record of my poems, some good some bad, some in progress, some in the graveyard.

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https://djtj27.wordpress.com/

Favorite Stuff (poets, poems, quotes, hobbies, etc.)

My poetry is just prose written with rhythm looking for a melody.
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Here we are, doing what we like, reading what we like, I already like you.
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To get to the meat of my poetry read the Favorite File, then this years, whatever it may be.
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In 2002, I met the Muse, who seem to unlock the poetry in me through his mere speech. He is the Sweet Talker. I have it organized in chronological order to follow like a novel/story of the progression of a love affair, the breakup and the reconciliation and then the final parting.
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I stopped writing after the muse, I think, because I met a man that made me feel safe and loved. We got busy with life and travel and friends. He passed away after 10 years and I am back out here feeling unsafe again. Its an untethered future that's exciting and frightening.
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Great poetry comes from great pain, but it also comes from great friends that encourage and read and critique, love and leave. Thank you, friends.
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Current project is the heal my heart.
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It's been a ride.

History

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