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Charles Johnson

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in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, The United States

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I have been writing for over 40 years. I have been a finalist in several world poetry contest. My poetry, short stories, and fairy tales have been published on several websites.

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I was born in Sapulpa, Oklahoma but have resided for the past three decades in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I currently live in the beautiful small town of Ionia, Michigan. The people and atmosphere her remind you of everything great that small towns in america use to be like. The old houses are awesome and the architecture is amazing. My wife and I bought a beautiful 2 1/2 story brick Victorian home that was built in 1880 and we absolutely love it!

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Charles Johnson's Blog: Poetry and Movies

progress on "A Day in the Life of Jesus"

I just wanted to take a second and update my many friends and fans of my progress on my novel. I've finished the rough copy and I'm now proofreading and editing the final copy of my book. I have finished my cover. The book will consist of over 90,000 words and be around 278 pages. It is spiritual fiction "A Day in the Life of Jesus" will be my first novel and hopefully be ready for you soon. Thank Read more of this blog post »

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“I sent my words out onto the wind
to paths unseen and parts unknown
in hopes people will enjoy
this book of poetic words I've sown”
― Charles Johnson, Love Poems and More From the Heart and Soul of Man

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THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB — 6691 members — last activity 2 hours, 26 min ago
ALL GENRE COMMUNITY OF BOOK LOVERS-Perfect for those interested in good books of any genre, film and lively discussion!- from current fiction, thrille ...more

¡ POETRY ! — 22606 members — last activity Dec 08, 2025 06:21AM
No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!) Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here. ~~~ "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg “God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin “If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall “Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak “Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic “Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg. ~~~~~ Amy King, Moderator Amy King is the recipient of the 2015 Winner of the WNBA Award (Women’s National Book Association). Her latest collection, The Missing Museum, is a winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and is co-editing with Heidi Lynn Staples the anthology, Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene: When Ecopoets Think Climate Change. She is also co-editing the anthology, Bettering American Poetry 2015, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. ...more

The Poets of The World — 73 members — last activity Sep 28, 2020 03:59PM
This group is a place to share your poems, and poems you like. Anyone can be in this group no matter of skill level. It doesn't even matter it you can ...more

New to me Indie Reader Group — 26 members — last activity Jul 11, 2016 01:58PM
Just that! A NEW to me indie reader group. It means finding books with 0-4 reviews on Amazon. Little treasures. Books that haven't been zapped with 10 ...more

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Poetry Close Reading Group — 40 members — last activity Oct 20, 2013 04:06PM
We will attempt to close read difficult/modern poems. This will be a continuation of the practice of close reading that we started in ModPo: https://c ...more

!!!PURE POETRY!!! NO BOOKS TURNED DOWN RATHER POETRY OR NOT THEY ARE ALL PURE POETRY IN THEIR OWN WAY — 10 members — last activity Jul 13, 2016 01:47AM
if you have any you want to share then do so here. all opinions are welcome any thing is open for discussion rather it be what the poem is really abou ...more

for the love of poetry — 10 members — last activity Jul 20, 2016 06:06PM
for the lovers of poetry. be you an aspiring or established poet.

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message 8: by C.J.

Jun 07, 2013 04:41PM

C.J. Heck

Hello Charles,

It's such a pleasure having you as a friend. Thank you and best wishes!

My warmest regards,
CJ

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message 7: by Sandra

May 27, 2013 10:48PM

Thank you for the friend request! :)

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message 6: by W.C.

Apr 12, 2013 08:20PM

Good evening Charles,
Just bought your ebook on Kindle. I will be reading it over the next few days and writing my thoughts on Amazon and Goodreads. Thank you for sharing.

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