Andrew Johnson is a poet, essayist, and multimedia artist living in Kansas City, Missouri. His work has appeared in The Sun, Image, Commonweal, Guernica, Crazyhorse, KC Studio, and elsewhere. He is the author of two books: The Thread and On Earth As It Is. He is the recipient of a Charlotte Street Foundation studio residency, an Arts KC Inspiration grant, a Rocket Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation, and a Vermont Studio Center residency. Read more about Andrew on his website.
Small if counting pennies, large if ranking a hurricane. Some economists say pennies no longer have much value to us. Some scientists suggest Category Six should be added to the hurricane scale. What’s this rattle against my bones, a storm growing around me? Or coins in an empty bin? I just don’t tremble like I used to. Not like the… Read more →
Because Gaudi’s cathedral still drips with the sweat of its maker, and the march of the headlines need not crush what enchants you. Because who knows how long the memory of mercies among us might last, or where mercy resides beyond memory. Because you, too, have been shaken awake by age-old phrases that someone scribbled down moments before the soldiers… Read more →