Alice in Verse: The Lost Rhymes of Wonderland (8 page)

Andrew Johnson currently works artistic venues in the Chicago area. An aficionado of all-things-Wonderland, it was Andrew’s childhood dream that he would one day create illustrations for an
Alice in Wonderland
book. Andrew is also the artist of the upcoming book
O The Dark Things You’ll See!
, which marks his second collaboration with J.T. Holden.

J.T. Holden would like to thank

Lori A. Woolf

for that dark and spooky autumn night;

for that unmistakable laugh;

for making me believe I could

write a poem in the first place.

Beverly Brock

for that moment in a darkened theatre;

for teaching me how to drive a

5-speed manual transmission;

for that certain summer.

&

Jan Jeanblanc

for guiding me through the botanic gardens,

beyond whose gates what memories

continue to feed my creative soul;

for all those late-night chats by the warm glow

of the pumpkin lantern in the kitchen window;

for taking in an orphan and caring for him as your own:

no natural son was ever more loved,

and I am proud to call you my mother.

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