Writer · Facilitator

Johanna
Gibson

Writer and facilitator exploring migration, memory, womanhood, history, and the Caribbean imagination.

Johanna Gibson reading at a microphone

Selected Work

Publications

Poem
2026
Two Poems
Callaloo Journal
A sequence of two poems on girlhood and the loss of innocence.
In print
Poem
2025
Kingfisher Cay
Performed alongside the London Philharmonic Orchestra
A spoken word poem on family, memory and the places memory fail us.
Listen
Poem
2024
Three Poems
Sx Salon
A sequence of three poems on silencing power of grief.
Read
Poem
2023
The summer I fell in love
Persimmon Review
A wistful reflection on first love and complete captivation with another person.
Read
Poem
2022
Dancehall
Pree Lit
A pooem which transforms a night of dancing into a haunting meditation on heartbreak, desire, and vulnerability.
Read
Short Story
2018
Death In The Islands
Moko Magazine
Short story using magical realism to capture the unexplainable absurdity of death.
Read