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THE OLD FARM LOCK HAS SEEN MORE THAN A HUNDRED SEASONS I HOLD IT IN MY HAND TRACE MY NAME IN A CENTURY OF DIRT AND RUST I KNOW THIS CLOSURE THIS NEED TO HOLD FIRM ANOTHER WAY TO SAY ENTER AND TURN ME LOOSE 

ANOTHER WAY

TO SAY ENTER

In Amanda Johnston's debut collection, Another Way to Say Enter, readers are offered glimpses of scenes as if peering through windows and doors. Bright and sharp, precise in their Imagism, Johnston's poems distill moments to their essence, challenge notions of what it means to fully examine a life day by day, room by room. These poems are both visceral and spiritual, reminding the reader that entry, departure, and the inevitable return is a journey that must be felt, not just imagined. -TD, Argus House Press

 

 

Johnston’s poems apply just the right degree of salve and just the right degree of fire to our current American wounds.  A beautifully crafted, fierce and compelling voice.

 

- Toi Derricotte

 

 

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