http://slow.writerscafe.org/JohannesNelson The original writings of author Johannes Nelson en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775429908 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Where are you sweet Polaris,Who of late so constant turnedWith all my nights?Have I your grace not earnedAnd worthy homage paidTo all your sister lights?I set one weary,  one hopeful eyeUpon the planet’s gentle edge,Yet even in a moonless sky,You do not uphold your pledgeTo guide, bewilde.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JohannesNelson/1157006/ Not so unkind --this thingNot so unkind at all.Much like a womb, I sayThough hard and coldThese walls.Is this the sound?Is this the sound?These earplugs I need not.Wait.There’s the sound.There’s the sound.There again, the sound.The sound again.A breath. Yes. A breathAnd then, not so unli.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JohannesNelson/1154567/ A poem about the passage of youth. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JohannesNelson/1153688/ A poem about what lies between the world we see and the world that is. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JohannesNelson/1153556/ SilenceThe articulatedRustling of leaves,With edges gently gnarled,Through a ravineBeneath a sky cast in sorrowed grey.The swelling hum of insects in their risingFrom the loose and textured grasses in their rollingWhere there flap a flight of bats who chirp for seeingIn the not yet frosted night in .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JohannesNelson/1153164/ A Short Story About Faith in the Desert http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JohannesNelson/1153095/