Betsy Johnson’s poetry manuscripts have been finalists in the National Poetry Series Competition, the University of Wisconsin Poetry Prizes, and the Anhinga Prize for Poetry. Her work has appeared in the Iowa Review (online), Boulevard, Prairie Schooner, Seneca Review, and Alaska Quarterly Review. She lives in Minnesota.
Poetry
Winter 2025
she is very strange
The Kenyon Review · “She Is Very Strange” by Betsy Johnson she walked into her shadow yesterday today she drags it behind her her children say it’s the relationship between […]
Poetry
Winter 2025
one animal
The Kenyon Review · “One Animal” by Betsy Johnson drags the other curls weake light in lion of blue water laps the ice holds shore a kingdom bedeck’t in branches […]
Poetry
Winter 2025
tide madness
The Kenyon Review · “tide madness” by Betsy Johnson it takes time for the night to depart it is a child an innocent child really see me see me flesh […]