I Have Almost Everything

by Connie Johnson

Connie Johnson

Connie Johnson is a four-time Pushcart Prize-nominated writer from Los Angeles, California; her publishing credits include Syncopation Literary Journal, The Iconoclast, Cholla Needles, Mudfish,  5-7-5 Haiku Journal, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, The Rye Whiskey Review, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Poetry Super Highway, Misfit Magazine, Exit 13, Cacti Fur, Glint Literary Journal, Sport Literate and Writing in a Woman’s Voice. Everything is Distant Now (Blue Horse Press) is her debut poetry collection; In a Place of Dreams, her digital chapbook (containing audio recordings and personal narrative), was published by Jerry Jazz Musician.

praise for I Have Almost Everything

Connie Johnson’s poems consistently reach the music within. Reading her thoughts on Mingus or Ella or Brubeck, I inevitably find my feet tapping, my head nodding, and my fingers riffing an imaginary keyboard. Her poetic voice is always clear, pitch-perfect, and filled with the wonder of capturing the wonderful. Like so many of her subjects, she makes no aesthetic mistakes.

- Gary Campanella, Managing Editor, Muleskinner Journal

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I Have Almost Everything 

is a jazz riff that has Bebop birds

scat singing to memories of alto sax solos

leaning into the refrain of a life being lived.

To Connie Johnson,

“Yes and yes

and yes”

Love,

Nina, Trane, Nat, Ella, and me

- Frank Papia, author of Rhumba of the Heart

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I Have Almost Everything records the moments of a life lived through jazz, poetry, and passion. This stunning collection reminds readers that these three elements are worth living for. Connie’s words bring richness to our own lives.

- Natalie Welsh, Founding Editor, Syncopation Literary Journal