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Iowa Writes DEBBIE JOHNSON |
About Iowa Writes Since 2006, Iowa Writes has featured the work of Iowa-identified writers (whether they have Iowa roots or live here now) and work published by Iowa journals and publishers on The Daily Palette. Iowa Writes features poetry, fiction, or nonfiction twice a week on the Palette. In November of 2008, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated Iowa City, Iowa, the world's third City of Literature, making the community part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Iowa City has joined Edinburgh, Scotland and Melbourne, Australia as UNESCO Cities of Literature. Find out more about submitting by contacting iowa-writes@uiowa.edu DEBBIE JOHNSON Debbie Johnson was born in Nebraska and has lived in Iowa most of her life. She has a B.S. in Food and Nutrition-Dietetics from ISU, where she graduated in 1986. She worked as a Consultant Dietitian in nursing homes before she was disabled in a car accident in 2004. Now she does volunteer work at an Adult Day Center and NAMI. She has lived in Nevada, Iowa for the last 23 years and wrote this poem as part of The Patient Voice Project. |
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