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"out of gas and out of luck"
somewhere on the road to Brasstown Bald, Georgia
Kithe literary journal Autumn 2021
Word
&
Image
A warm welcome to the wanderers, the poets, and the seekers of beauty.
Step into the evocative landscapes of K.L. Johnston, author and photographer, whose work captures the quiet beauty of the spirit and human heart within our wild world. Explore the intersection of light and language through her hauntingly thin lens.
"Grace Period" and
"The Nature of These Gifts"
now available
on Amazon and Amazon Kindle
Individual poems are featured in literary journals and magazines
as well as these themed anthologies,
available from the publisher or on Amazon.
Quillkeeper's Press: Botany of Gaia, Grateful, In Appreciation of Women,
Iseku, The Echoes We Make, The Rebellion of Quiet Things
Moonstone Press: Betrayed, Haiku 2023, 2024, 2025
Literary Revelations Press: Tranquility, Petals of Haiku
Flying Ketchup Press: Of Our Own Accord
Exolutus Press: Thrive
Midsummer Dream House Press: Summer Mix Tape
Concrete Wolf Press: Purr and Yowl
New Releases
and Coming Soon
from Quillkeeper's Press: The Echoes We Make, a Men's Appreciation Anthology containing "No Goodbye" and "Small Bouquets" Now Available on Amazon. Release date May 19, 2026
from Quillkeeper's Press: The Rebellion of Quiet Things, an anthology celebrating the overlooked, the hushed, and the hidden, will contain "On Jarvis Creek", "September's High Places" and "For P.M."
Available by late June.
from The Closed Eye Open. "Flux and Redux" contains "The End of Lizard Season" and will be available in Summer 2026
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