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Best Poems Written by April Johnson

Below are the all-time best April Johnson poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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Escaping Rita

Chased mercilessly 
over well- worn tar 
palpable loss pushes 
a sable brush 
dunked in dread
a furious deluge
of fear 
 oozes out
blackens every inch
 of familiar landscape
what if’s 
eat through 
 the still static blue horizon
making a meal 
of unborn dreams 
slaked only by
hastily grabbed 
history 
coupled with 
ragged spirits 
 that desperately 
haul hope north 
safe haven 
on strange soil 
still dark hours
 away

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Uncommon Grounds

My heart scans 
for a familiar face 
through throngs
of strangers 
as they scatter 
pell mell 
around me 
eager shoppers 
casing brightly lit 
  sale stuffed store fronts 
while seduced
by the siren song of fresh coffee  
coupled  with 
sticky sweet  cinnamon buns 
suddenly 
the bitter fact
swallows  me
whole again
you no longer reside
anywhere
outside
of  my dreams

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Call Dropped

can't really reach You
  anymore
everything is
disappearing 
our old arguments 
as well
bits 
just  drop away
 everyday
naked fear left behind
 strangling your mind
normality already
 a thing of the past
I  am not sure
 when it happened 
crept up slow and stealthy
this drawn out 
goodbye
not knowing
 when my cameo role 
in your heart 
will fade away 
to nothing

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Autumn Arrives

on waves of 
sheer exhilaration  
for those summer
  worn bodies  
hungry for horizons
enveloped in  
  colorful palettes 
fall is courted 
with the best 
of intentions
clearly
 a moody lover
   who year after year 
whispers goodbye 
in piles of leaves        
         among rapidly
vanishing vistas

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Esperanza

I  planted hope
by the bathroom window
last year
yellow soundless  bells
were doomed to fail 
with no 
drainage holes 
they drowned
in rustic pots
leaving the  jasmine
to claim their sun

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Quandary

Not winter
Not spring
Just a crazy weather thing
Daffodils  already playing
Show and tell
Early pollen
 makes my eyes swell
Riddles still a plenty
Will next month
 bring 
Some sneaky Snow 
In its wake
Seems only the heaven’s 
Know
 for goodness
 sake