POETRY
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POET:
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DANIEL
JOHNSON
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POEMS: |
| The State of Affairs |
| Winter |
| Where do we go from here? |
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Dan Johnson, Purdue Forestry graduate, began poetry after immersion in Kerouac, Snyder, McClure, pre-Hellenistic Greeks, Idaho forest and Indiana rivers.
His subject matter often mirrors Gary Snyder's concern for place and natural rhythms but expressed with the volatile passion of early Michael McClure.
He is a self-taught, non-academic poet who approaches poetry more as an explorer in a lush wilderness rather than a forester taking measure; for his poetry - like his views on wilderness - is of a value-in-itself and best expressed without thought of form or use.
MATRIX is proud to present four poems by local poet Dan Johnson:
Voices in my head,
Winter,
State of Affairs
and Where do we go from here?