from The Shrubberies [“quincunx of succulents”]
Ronald Johnson, “quincunx of succulents,” from The Shrubberies, published in 2001 by Flood Editions. Reprinted by permission of the Literary Estate of Ronald Johnson.
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Poet Ronald Johnson 1935–1998
POET’S REGION U.S., Mid-Atlantic
Subjects Nature, Gardening, Activities
Biography
Ronald Johnson was a Kansas native who lived most of his adult life in San Francisco. He told Contemporary Authors: "I have spent the last twenty years writing a long poem titled ARK, which was completed in 1991. The work consists of three books, each of thirty-three sections: titled The Foundations, The Spires, and The Ramparts. Rather than being based on literary sources (as the early The Book of the Green Man was based on . . .
Poems by Ronald Johnson
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SUBJECT Nature, Gardening, Activities
POET’S REGION U.S., Mid-Atlantic
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