Basic Disaster Supplies Kit

by Marci Rae Johnson

"Hovering over and shooting through this collection is the spirit and symbolic heft of an ancient faith under contemporary pressures, to mean at all much less be found meaningful. Who is left, these poems ask, to cast out the demons? The God of her father, long ago having left the building, thankfully left the cable hooked up and the refrigerator stocked; the present moment these poems depict and within which they instruct is one where depth must be sought in shallow and hollowed-out cultural ruins." -- John Estes, author of Sure Extinction

Genres: Poetry

82 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2016

About the author

Marci Rae Johnson works as an editor for a book publisher, and in her previous life she taught college English. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in Image, Mid-American Review, Moon City Review, The MacGuffin, Rhino, The Louisville Review, and 32 Poems, among others. Her second full-length collection of poetry, Basic Disaster Supplies Kit, was published by Steel Toe Books, and her third full-length book, Questionable Baggage, was released in 2024 by Main Street Rag.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quirky, amusing and thought provoking. If you like long, ponderous poems stay away!

[Alicia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marci is phenomenal! She makes you think which I always appreciate out of any poetry!