Christopher Johnson

Chris Johnson is an emerging poet based in Newcastle, Australia. He has been published in Tiger Moth Review and The Write Launch. He is currently studying his Master’s at the University of Sydney. Chris is also an Assistant Editor for the Australian branch of World Poetry Journal, an international collaboration aimed at showcasing high quality contemporary poetry.

“Listening to ‘The Lark Ascending’,” “Last Hours” and “In Starlight”  

I listen to
swells
and
falls of the lark
in Williams’ grand tribute to
Albion

Waiting for the Bikaner Express

On a journey to ‘discover’ myself, or at least try and escape the blur and whirl of dead-end jobs and lacklustre ambition, I decided to embark on a trip to India, jewel of the now defunct British Empire. I had hoped that such a voyage could liberate my restlessness, give some catharsis to the plague of self-obsession and stagnation that consumed me
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