| Yellow stars in heavy rain; door of gray to a new endeavor, colored by hopes time and again the Secret Annexe wouldn’t be forever. Chiming clock, faithful, feassuring. A celebrity collage applied with paste serves to glue your sanity in place. Burnt peas in anxiety soup. Strips for curtains and stripes of sunlight. Oppression- no coughs and no exits in sight. A card index for books, a memory index for life on the outside. Now inside, in a house just sold, your secret threatened like your share of butter. The future is not so sweet and smooth as the butter you crave on your plate. A kind of hodge podge vegetable soup. each having his or her own colors and tastes. Each complementing the other, they blend in this sink or swim lifestyle. Each bobbing for air or attention and a fair share. Some settlers, some stirrers, some sinkers. * Fights over rations drown out rumbling tummies. There’s a sourness over Mummy’s birthday sugar. Jealousy reared green and ugly. Your own disappointment grows like ivy on a trellis. Peter’s cat, Boche, has spent his ninth life. Perhaps a meal or a fur hat. Your pantry has spent its best. Now it’s boiled lettuce or rotten potatoes. Your lifestyle has spent its normalcy. Now it’s confinement and desperation to find humor in dangerous situations. * “Contradictory” you’ve been dubbed. like a budding tree, its roots come from a deeply embedded split personality. The quick, witty Anne and the slow, and solemn Anne. The latter being hidden from view. shown only to yourself. If only you could be your true self to the world. If only you could let them know the whole, beautiful you. * The raid on the Annexe that was no longer secret toppled your security and home. Concentration camps were the fate of all and Pim returned alone. Like part of your soul, Your diary became an immortal mark on your world. Even after your death in March 1945 at Bergen-Belsen . Anne, you are with us still |
| Being Frank with Anne |
With a heart and soul that
was years before her
time, Anne Frank has
haunted us and inspired
us all. Her writings were a
declaration of principles
and ideals; Anne’s way of
dealing practically with a
world bent on destroying
her and everything she
once knew.
Although there are many
biographies about this extraordinary person, Being
Frank With Anne takes a unique approach to Anne's
story, through poetic interpretation.
Being Frank With Anne is a teen (young adult) book,
but will appeal to all ages.
This interpretive work will have a profound affect on
teen readers. They will easily relate to young Anne
who readily exposes the typical thoughts, emotions
and perspectives of her age group.
She was curious about sex, critical of her parents,
moody, doubtful about religion and often in conflict
with her own self. She had typical adolescent dreams
and fantasies. She wanted to return to a simpler time
of parties, bike riding, boyfriends and trips to the ice
cream shop. She dreamed of being a famous actress
or writer.
It was through her diary that Anne Frank could find
her sense of self and cope with her world.
It is through Being Frank With Anne that the reader
will gain a deeper insight and stronger connection to
Anne’s world.
was years before her
time, Anne Frank has
haunted us and inspired
us all. Her writings were a
declaration of principles
and ideals; Anne’s way of
dealing practically with a
world bent on destroying
her and everything she
once knew.
Although there are many
biographies about this extraordinary person, Being
Frank With Anne takes a unique approach to Anne's
story, through poetic interpretation.
Being Frank With Anne is a teen (young adult) book,
but will appeal to all ages.
This interpretive work will have a profound affect on
teen readers. They will easily relate to young Anne
who readily exposes the typical thoughts, emotions
and perspectives of her age group.
She was curious about sex, critical of her parents,
moody, doubtful about religion and often in conflict
with her own self. She had typical adolescent dreams
and fantasies. She wanted to return to a simpler time
of parties, bike riding, boyfriends and trips to the ice
cream shop. She dreamed of being a famous actress
or writer.
It was through her diary that Anne Frank could find
her sense of self and cope with her world.
It is through Being Frank With Anne that the reader
will gain a deeper insight and stronger connection to
Anne’s world.
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Publisher does not have what you need, please let
them know.
interviews, reading group visits and more.
To contact Phyllis: EMAIL pjwriter7@aol.com
PHONE 757-335-2237
You may also contact Community Press for
information and assistance on their website :
www.communitypresshome.com
in the MEDIA ROOM. There you will find my photos,
cover images, book excerpts, reviews and more. All
files are in downloadable, print-ready form. If the
Publisher does not have what you need, please let
them know.
Phyllis Johnson’s unique
way with words have been
featured in many popular
newspapers and magazines.
In her latest work, Being
Frank With Anne, Phyllis
Johnson reveals a pensive,
empathetic mode of writing.
Her hope is that readers will
further inspect the feelings
and emotions found in the
words and between the
lines of Anne Frank’s diary, a book that
has both inspired and haunted Phyllis
since childhood.
Phyllis resides with her husband and two
daughters in Virginia, living life to its fullest and
actively promoting her books through her many
affiliations and media contacts
way with words have been
featured in many popular
newspapers and magazines.
In her latest work, Being
Frank With Anne, Phyllis
Johnson reveals a pensive,
empathetic mode of writing.
Her hope is that readers will
further inspect the feelings
and emotions found in the
words and between the
lines of Anne Frank’s diary, a book that
has both inspired and haunted Phyllis
since childhood.
Phyllis resides with her husband and two
daughters in Virginia, living life to its fullest and
actively promoting her books through her many
affiliations and media contacts
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