Bryana Johnson
Bryana is a poet, illustrator, & independent arts educator who has lived in Türkiye, Texas, & England, & now resides in Eastern Pennsylvania. Her poetry has appeared in over 50 literary journals, and her book "Summer of the Oystercatchers" is forthcoming with Fernwood Press. Since 2021 she has been teaching regular online poetry workshops to foster meaningful arts community & support writers. Find her at www.bryanajoy.com or on Instagram & Threads at @_bryana_joy.
“Friend who has fired the kingfishers and flamed the dragonflies – they catch your light however they move and beam it out of their eyes.”
Bryana Johnson
“I too was pinched off from a piece of clay, I too modeled by omnipotence and flankedby things too wonderful for me”
Bryana Johnson
“Never say savor when you only mean taste – one is a holding on the tongue and an intoxication and the other is cursory, a sampling, connoting reluctance to bask. Never say a thing you don’t mean.”
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“The ocean-blue bowl won’t refuse to bruise, won’t hold it back from the gaping earth-wounds.There will still come water, chill wind and happy goosebumps, and in the utmost corners of oaks, leaves laughing.”
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“It is something to have gazed on the constellated white, felt it running from the eyes and the pores: the salt of love. It is something to have whispered wild thank-yous in the only ways we know how.”
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“I scratch down happiness, Iwant my ink to do happy dances, to careen across the pages staggeringlike a drunken fellow, giddy on moonshine or sunset.”
Bryana Johnson