KN Magazine: Poetry

Gary Ramsey Shane McKnight Gary Ramsey Shane McKnight

Timeless Butterfly

In Timeless Butterfly, Gary Ramsey reflects on aging, memory, and enduring beauty through the quiet admiration of a woman transformed by time. With lyrical grace, the poem celebrates resilience, wisdom, and the unseen radiance that persists beneath life’s surface.

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Michael Lee Johnson Shane McKnight Michael Lee Johnson Shane McKnight

TURNIPS IN SOUTHERN TENNESSEE STILL

In Turnips in Southern Tennessee Still, poet Michael Lee Johnson weaves imagery of moonshine, memory, and spiritual doubt into a haunting meditation on the Southern landscape. With echoes of violence, history, and surreal reflection, this poem explores the blurry lines between faith, myth, and rural truth.

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John Grey Shane McKnight John Grey Shane McKnight

THE MURDERER’S FATE

As twilight settles over a forest gallows, the hanged body of a murderer becomes both spectacle and symbol. The Murderer’s Fate is a haunting, lyrical meditation on justice, consequence, and the eerie calm after violence.

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