The Heart that Wanted to Love

Remarkable in its range, this collection gathers more than 70 poems from new poet Andrea Johnson. Johnson’s work is grounded in the beauty of the physical world. Her themes included art, the natural world, the spiritual world, desire, family, life, the life between lovers, motherly devotion, and the power of the inherent language of love. Her ability to combine intimacy of address, intense sensual vividness, and a light tough guarantees her work to be immensely readable and widely admired.