written under Judy Breneman's pen name "Anne Johnson"
"The desert awakes with a whispered sigh."
TRAIN DREAMS WEAVING
"I hear a haunting sound, a distant train,"
"She's forgotten who I am,   convinced I'm her sister."
VESPERTINE  "Catkin sniffs the evening air,   nocturnal fragrances drift by."
"She wakes at dawn   goes down the stairs."
"I fear she must have wandered far away;"
"Tree branches   glisten white   Pillows of snow"
ON WHY I'M NOT WRITING A SONNET TODAY
"How weighty is the need to write it right,"
PICTURE FROM THE PAST
"Somehow the smile upon your face"
"wind, rain and darkness   heaviness pervades the earth"
"She ventured out and softly shut the door"
THE WATER DRAGON
"Alone she swims in murky depths below."
"distant mountains   soft dun profile  barely noticed"
"Somnolent waves of
"Possibilities dance in her head."
"butterflies fade   drift to the ground"
"I wake to a chill dawn   no longer who I was…"
COMFORT OF WINTER
"Winter was a comfort,   darkness gently wrapped"
"Perhaps this envy is   a necessary rite"
"Silver bodies   formed of morning mist;"
"~ that I may remember   soft vision,"
THE GRANDMOTHERS' GRANDMOTHER
"It comes to us all, every woman,"
"Carried by spring   on wings of grace,"
"I cannot believe   it is the cold   that impels grasses"
"Eager hands caress   resonant textures of cloth;"
A SENSE OF LOSS
"Swirling   mist of memories   ebb and flow"
"dawn creeps in   crystal clear   intrepid"
"I have, at last   become the turtle   who has been waiting,"
"Swells surge beneath raging foam."
"Imagery" is published as "Untitled" in the poetry collection, "Women on a Wire"
"Daybreak" is published in the newsletter, "Hestia's Voice"
"Train Dreams Weaving" is published in the journal "Norman's Choir"