Description:
Encore is a collection of ninety-nine select poems about life, nature, romance, tributes, & gratitude. Johns passionately addresses the human condition, eg. hunger, gun violence, prejudice, women's empowerment, etc.
Brief description: Zaneta Varnado Johns, aka Zan Johns, is an award-winning, 4-time bestselling author. Publications include: Poetic Forecast (2020), After the Rainbow (2022), and the What Matters Journal (2023). Johns is a contributing author in the Women Speakers Association's #1 international bestsellers Voices of the 21st Century (2021, 2022, 2023). Her poems are featured as the Dedication page in these collaborative books.Johns co-edited Social Justice Inks anthology (2022) with publisher and poet Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld. She serves as an editor for the Fine Lines Literary Journal and administrator for the Passion of Poetry, a revered online platform for emerging and esteemed poets. She is a Pushcart Nominee in Poetry and a USA Contributor in the Russian Guinness World Record Hyperpoem. Her poems appear in nearly seventy anthologies and international literary publications. Believing that every word shared is an opportunity to love, Johns' writing offers hope as she stirs the reader's consciousness about life and living. Johns is a retired human resources leader who spent her twenty-nine-year career at the University of Colorado. She was recognized in 2007 as one of the University of Colorado's Women Who Make a Difference. Johns resides in Westminster, Colorado, USA.
Review Quotes: Once in a lifetime there comes a person that casts a shadow on all that has gone before. Like a flower turning to the sun, you turn to her, totally captivated, mesmerised by her every word, her poetry, and her sheer presence. If you have been fortunate to have previously encountered Zaneta (Zan) Varnado Johns through her previous collections of poetry, Poetic Forecast (2020) and After the Rainbow (2022), or through her many contributions to anthologies and journals (e.g. Voices of the 21st Century 2021, 2022, 2023), her words will have certainly left their mark. Her poetry, her passion, would have soaked you entirely, completely intoxicating you like a drug, left you wanting more.
Encore: A Collection of Poetry is a delight to those that love poetry and beyond. Her voice roars like a lioness and comes off the page, awakens the beast in all of us. Through her powerful words she stands up loud and proud confronting all aspects of modern life. Encore is in six parts: Whispers and Romance, Essences, In Awe, Short and Sweet, Rants and Spiels, and Keynotes-each chapter taking you on the delightful journey through the poetic world of Zan Johns. Each poem is a treasure; notable gems include: "Hold Me Close," "Blessed Life," "Willows at Boston Commons," "At a Standstill," "Move on, Ms. Simone," "Mother, Tell Me a Story-Yours," "Beyond," "On My Way to Heaven," "Stop Harassing," "Resilience," "My Talk With Jerron-1997," "What If," and "Why I Write." You will want to read this book from cover to cover and read it over again, as it becomes a soothing balm, nurturing your soul and purifying your mind. Zan is a natural talent, a living legend, a poet within our lifetime. This book is a classic, each poem is beautiful, and each word will awaken your soul. Wake Up World! Zan Johns is here, and she has something to say! Sarfraz Ahmed, Poet and Writer (UK)