Poems

Literary Career

Terry is the author of two poetry collections. Coalescence, winner of an Honorable Mention in the 2014 New England Book Festival, and Plunge, which launched in 2019. Her new chapbook entitled the stars, your eyes has just been published.

Terry earned her M.F.A. in Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2005. Her poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies including Adanna, Alaska Women Speak, the Berkshire Review, the Cancer Poetry Project Anthology, Chest Journal, Cirque, Driftwood, Edge, From the Farthest Shore – Cape Cod and the Islands through Poetry, Feile-Festa, Hospital Drive, Journal of the American Medical Association, Main Street Rag, Monterey Poetry Review, Naugatuck River Review, New Verse News, Passager, Peregrine, Pure Slush – Lifespan Series “Loss”, Raven’s Perch, Silkworm, Slipstream, Technoculture, Theodate, Westchester Review, among others.

Read Terry’s Poems

the stars, your eyes (Shanti Arts Publishing, 2026)

Three poems from the Wild Word “Love” issue
https://thewildword.com/poetry-terry-s-johnson/

Grace Bay Villanelle from Raven’s Perch
https://theravensperch.com/grace-bay-villanelle-by-terry-s-johnson/

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Plunge (Off the Common Books, 2019)

Read Poems from this Collection:
Plunge
Night Composes Its Own Music
La Famiglia

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Coalescence (Word Tech Editions, 2014)

New England Book Prize Honorable Mention

Read Poems from this Collection:
29 1/2 Days
Early Morning in Late October
Simple Machines

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