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Deborah D. Johnson

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Washington, DC, The United States

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Nonfiction, Poetry, Spirituality

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May 2013

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As a creative writer (both traditional and innovative), Deborah Johnson is a proven senior professional with integrity and a high work ethic. She has provided and will continue to provide a fresh perspective with a sound foundation in all her endeavors. A researcher, writer and speaker, Ms. Johnson has a love of the written word. Deborah Johnson writes poetry and prose and enjoys writing opinion pieces on issues of the day.

Remember “In the use of words, quality is more important than quantity.” (14,000 Quips & Quotes for Writers and Speakers, words of wisdom and witticisms & quick comebacks by E.C. McKenzie, page 562.)

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Average rating: 4.4 · 5 ratings · 1 review · 9 distinct works

	Finding Me...Again? it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Found: Poetry and Prose for Those Who Love Life and Flowers it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Words from a Life really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hit by a Brick liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Poor Child: can make it out and find peace in a storm by Deborah D. Johnson (Goodreads Author), Auden Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ieesha Gray (Illustrations) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Are Not the Enemy: Restoring Honor to U.S. Civil Service by Deborah D. Johnson (Goodreads Author), Mark E. Wallace 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sensing Life: Live Poetically 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Words from Another Life 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God Saved Me: A Walk through My Life - The Pain and the Victory by Michelle Wilson, Deborah D. Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I want to be a Fed – An Inspiration

Thought this one a good one to bring back for today as feds are volunteering to help the people of Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and US Island Territories.

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In the middle of the night I was inspired to write this poem from the perspective of a young person stepping out into the great working world. This is a person who truly understands the importance of federal se

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“In the use of words, quality is more important than quantity.”
― E.C. McKenzie, 14,000 Quips & Quotes for Writers & Speakers

tags: advice-for-writers

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“I find joy in life.
I enjoy living it.”
― Deborah D. Johnson, Found: Poetry and Prose for Those Who Love Life and Flowers

tags: inspirational-life

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“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

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“Evening's soft solitude
Surrounds the day
Emitting precious peace.”
― Deborah D. Johnson, Finding Me...Again?

tags: hopeful, inspirational, quiet-strength

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¡ POETRY ! — 22593 members — last activity Dec 24, 2025 01:37PM
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

Finding Me...Again - Review / new to goodreads — 1 member — last activity Jul 13, 2016 01:45AM
I have just released the second book in a poetry and prose series. Would really like your comments on the poems in this series. I'm new to goodreads s ...more

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message 3: by Deborah

Jul 08, 2014 05:02AM

When people give one star ratings, they seem to be trying to make a point. In my opinion, one star ratings don't make a constructive point. They are just unfair put downs to creativity.

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message 2: by Deborah

Jun 17, 2014 11:06AM

I have started writing poetry for my new book, "Senses." Wrote a poem entitled "Outside" Here it is. I wonder if there are those who feel 'outside' sometimes? Let me know.

http://www.aubeyllc.com/Outside.html

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message 1: by Deborah (last edited Jun 17, 2014 11:00AM)

Jun 17, 2014 10:57AM

I have started writing poetry for my new book, "Senses." Wrote a poem called "Outside" Here it is. I wonder if there are those who feel 'outside' sometimes? Let me know.

http://www.aubeyllc.com/Outside.html

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