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I am a writer based in New Jersey. I have a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a Master’s degree from the University of Toronto. I have experience as a German to English translator, a technical writer, and a grant writer. In my writing, I explore myth, legend, and languages. This blog is devoted to my past and future writings. – Johanna Rodda
Month: April 2026
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The following three poems are also from my collection “Devotion to Heroes.” The Poet-Artist Poetry’s a bumbling and a fumbling art, an art that’s finished before you start. It fits the shape of a container, on a page it’s the remainder of all the thoughts you’ve thought; it’s turning what you’ve thought to naught, then…
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The following three poems are from my collection “Devotion to Heroes,” and deal with Grail legends, biblical myth, and an ancient goddess. Parsifal (Parzival, Perceval) Too close and deep is the king’s malady, never relenting, never asleep, he. The fallen knight upon the bier, who cannot see and cannot hear, for whom lament is ever…
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This poem paints the creation of the universe as a musical act. The Composer Before there was time, before there was “was,” before because of our worldly forms we had worry, nature, norms, there was a simple singularity, with parity of all matter, not created, not yet fated to one day die: a time before…
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This poem expresses what is sometimes felt living in a big city. Tall People In my city there are many tall buildings. In these buildings there are many tall people. To the side of the tall men are many tall women. To the side of the tall women are many tall men. In my city…
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The following is a poem that plays with Latin and with concepts in the study of medieval literature. Iocundus espresso The codex of my every thought is of life, not baring brown, with fine black inkings ruled or bound into quires (yes, it is dangerous to say how much I see the ends of my…
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The following flash fiction piece plays with scientific concepts in the service of one very egomaniacal orchestral conductor. Kapellmeister, Kapellmeister And because the Kapellmeister was not the sort of person to stop when he was not of a mind to, they kept playing, even over and above the cries from the back of the…
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The following story was composed in the style of medieval poet Honorius Augustodunensis. So. You have caught me halfway through a dream. In a little room of a tower, clean and bare, I sat and dreamed. I looked out far beyond the space of the walls, down a plain, into a dark wood. I was…
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Dear reader, Much like the last poem I posted, the following poem was inspired by the biblical Song of Songs. Of Ten Thousand Men I. The world has grown harsh about me, and all is change. The sun-god, following my mind, has departed from the sky and words nor thought can any longer call him…
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As I begin a new chapter in my life with this blog, I hope you will enjoy reading the short stories, poems, and other writings that I post. This – the first poem I post to this blog – was inspired by the language and imagery of the Song of Songs, highlighting my interest in…
