The rains came,
our prayers, answered.
Thank you, God
for the rainbow sent;
ribbons of pastel, splashed
across the sky;
too soon disappearing,
quietly exits;
We bid it farewell,
goodbye.
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Poem and photo by: Joyce E. Johnson (2013)
Reflections My writings of poetry, prose and fiction
- About me
- My Writings
- poetry
- When a dog steals your heart
- In Awe at Your Greatness
- A Sweet Smelling Fragrance
- Bridging our lives, together – Forty-seven years, today
- A Cross and a Tomb
- A tribute to my mother on Mother’s Day
- In The Quiet Of A Life
- Autumn in the Colorado Rockies
- THE OAK and the STARLING
- He Came Like a Star
- AND HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED
- Haiku poems
- My Photos
- Fiction
- Acid Rain (Part 5, conclusion)
- Acid Rain (Part 4)
- Acid Rain (Part 3)
- Acid Rain (Part 2)
- ACID RAIN
- A Country Taken (Part 3, conclusion)
- A Country Taken (Part 2)
- A country taken (Part 1)
- The Search, (Part 2)
- The Search
- NOW, AND FOR ALL-TIME
- Lost at Sea – Part 3, conclusion
- Lost at Sea – Part 2
- Lost at Sea
- THE DUEL (Poetic fiction)
- THE RETURNING SAILOR (Poetic fiction)
- The Ghetto Jews
- TRANSFORMED
- There lived under a bridge…
- MIDNIGHT QUEEN (Part 2)
- MIDNIGHT QUEEN
- ‘Friday Fictioneers’ – Flash Fiction 100 word stories
- When Dark Closes In
- The making and telling of story: WHEN DARK CLOSES IN
- When Dark Closes In (Historical Fiction, Prologue)
- WHEN DARK CLOSES IN – Flashback, Chapter I, Part I
- WHEN DARK CLOSES IN – Flashback, Chapter I, Part 2
- WHEN DARK CLOSES IN – Old Friends, Chapter II
- WHEN DARK CLOSES IN – Bender’s Garage, Chapter III, Part 1
- WHEN DARK CLOSES IN – Bender’s Garage, Chapter III, Part 2
- WHEN DARK CLOSES IN – Incoming Tide, Chapter IV
- When Dark Closes In – Chapter V, – Into The Storm
- When Dark Closes In – Revelation, Chapter VI
- When Dark Closes In, Chapter VII – Ferry Crossing
- When Dark Closes In, Chapter VIII – Fallout
- When Dark Closes In, Chapter IX, – ‘Scott’
- When Dark Closes In – Chapter X
- The Informant’s Agenda
- The Informant’s Agenda – Chapter I
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter II, – The Mengelders of Omaha
- The Informant’s Agenda – Chapter III, – Passport Please
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter IV – Lyudmila
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter IV, – Part II, ‘Lyudmila’s story’
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter V, – The Trans-Siberian
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter VI – Babi Yar
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter VII, – Pridnestrovie Cemetery, Transnistria
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter VII, Part two, – ‘Discovery’
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter VIII – Transnistria
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter IX, Grigoriopol
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter X, ‘Connecting with Irina’
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XI, Odessa
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XII, ‘Journal Entries’
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XIII, ‘Revelation’
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XIII, Part 2
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XIV, ‘Jacob’s Story’
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XIV, ‘Jacob’s Story’, continued
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XIV, ‘Jacob’s Story,’ continued (Part 3)
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XIV, ‘Jacob’s Story,’ continued (Part 4)
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XV – Part 1
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XV, Part 2
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XVI, “Into new hands”
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter 16 (part 2)
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XVII (17), Part 1
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XVII (17) Part 2
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XVIII (18)
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XIX, (19)
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XX, (20)
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XX (20), Part 2
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XXI (21), The Czarina Catherine
- The Informant’s Agenda, Chapter XXII (22)
- The Catacombs – Chapter 23 of The Informant’s Agenda
- Emerging – Chapter 24 of The Informant’s Agenda
- “Self-reflection” – (A work of Fiction)
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