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Ana Johnson



“We walked it in the early morning and a heron flew below”: Memories of the LaSalle Causeway captured in new community poem
A community poem that I am grateful to be apart of. The City of Kingston launched the completion of a new community poem entitled The Causeway In The Rear-View Mirror, assembled and shaped by Poet Laureate Sadiqa de Meijer, with contributions from local residents, Including Dr.Johsnon. The project began in April 2025 with a call for submissions of lines of recollections, phrases and words to convey what the former LaSalle Causeway bascule bridge meant to the community. Seve
Ana Johnson
Jun 171 min read


New Published Poem! "The Day I Lost to Death"
Devour: Art & Lit Canada- 'The Day I Lost to Death' Check out the latest published poem in t his winter's issue of Devour: Art & Lit Canada Find Ana Johnson's poem, entitled "The Day I Lost to Death" on page 44. "The Day I Lost to Death" I get up at 8:20 in Kingston a Wednesday three days after a weekend together with him, yes it is 2021 almost two years of COVID restrictions and I have a meeting at 9:45 because he and I will play squash at the university courts at 11:15 I
Ana Johnson
Feb 192 min read


Published Poem - Carved Tree
Published Poem - Carved Tree On page 41 Published in the Winter Issue of Devour: Art & Lit Canada Photo by A Johnson, Greenwood Trail, Canada 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
Ana Johnson
Mar 23, 20251 min read
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