Michael Lee Johnson
Michael Lee Johnson lived ten years in Canada, Vietnam era. Today he is a poet in the greater Chicagoland area, Illinois.
About Michael Lee Johnson
Michael Lee Johnson lived ten years in Canada during the Vietnam era. Today he is a poet in the greater Chicagoland area, IL. He has 294 YouTube poetry videos. Michael Lee Johnson is an internationally published poet in 45 countries, a song lyricist, has several published poetry books, has been nominated for 6 Pushcart Prize awards, and 6 Best of the Net nominations. He is editor-in-chief of 3 poetry anthologies, all available on Amazon, and has several poetry books and chapbooks. He has over 453 published poems. Michael is the administrator of 6 Facebook Poetry groups. Member Illinois State Poetry Society: Illinois State Poetry Society.
Books by Michael Lee Johnson
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Mother Edith, at 98 — poem unrhymed
The time has come for Mother Edith, and her Angel, too.
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If You Find No Poem — poem unrhymed
If you find no poem on your doorstep in the morning, no paper, no knock on your door, and your life is poorly edited ...
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I Am Old Frustrated Thought — cover story poem unrhymed
Michael Lee Johnson is a poet and freelance writer from Itasca, Illinois. He is heavy influenced by: Carl Sandburg, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Irving Layton, Leonard Cohen, and Allen Ginsberg.
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Raindrop Baby — poem unrhymed
I'm a raindrop Chicago baby, silhouetted in the night ...
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Harvest Time — poem unrhymed
A Metis Indian lady, drunk -- hands blanketed as in prayer ...
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Illinois Farmers — cover story poem unrhymed
Michael Lee Johnson is a poet and freelance writer from Itasca, Illinois.
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Rose Petals in a Dark Room — poem unrhymed
I walk in a mastery of the night and light, my money changers walk behind me ...
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Life Is -- Transition — poem unrhymed
"Transition, is song, passages..."
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Clockmaker — poem unrhymed
"...life is a brass lever, a wordsmith, an artist at his craft..."
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Jesus in the Snow — poem unrhymed
"I find your footprints here in snow..."
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The Drifter — poem unrhymed
"...The night is a dark believer in drifters..."
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No One Cares — poem unrhymed
"...my life insurance policy is a carburetor full of fumes, worn out filters, filled casket..."
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Solo Boxing — poem unrhymed
"...tugging emotions out of memories embedded..."
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Little Desert Flower — poem unrhymed
"...refuge, folded, wrapped in cool spring rain leaves --"
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Lion in My Heart — poem unrhymed
"...I fall in love with birds, strangers and wild women..."
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Hazy Arizona Sky — poem unrhymed
"...one cup of cool, clear, fool's desert gold..."
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Alberta Bound — cover story poem unrhymed
Once you've been there, it's in your heart forever...
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Children in the Sky — poem unrhymed
"...Children...love the moon with small hearts..."
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Detective Poetic Johnson Here — poem unrhymed
"...a raisin dry personality who tries to keep sober..."
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Day Time Bitch & Night Time Whore — poem unrhymed
"...Coon hunting, fox hunting daddy, I'm the storyteller..."
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Reincarnation — poem unrhymed
"...No longer a dishwasher at the House of Pancakes..."
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I Edit My Life — poem unrhymed
"...reviewing the joys and the sorrows..."
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Classic 70's Chick — poem unrhymed
"...Her head stuff, insulated with cotton candy dreams..."
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Restless Hawk — poem unrhymed
"...in the single night, air alone..."
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Lorie — poem unrhymed
"...Go away, leave me thinking..."
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Leonard Cohen My Friend — poem unrhymed
"...Death is a passport, a left behind baggage note..."
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Saskatchewan Sky — poem unrhymed
"...chip off an edge of prairie..."
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South Chicago Night — poem unrhymed
"Night is drifters..."
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Cracker Jack Box Poem — poem unrhymed
"...I don't like to think about endings..."
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Young Couple -- @ Heart Attack Greasy Grill — poem unrhymed
"...Just a teen aged nighttime boy..."
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Unknown Poet from Rue Montpelier — poem unrhymed
"...inside this thin, onion-skinned wall dingy with your dreams..."
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Open Eyes Laid Back — poem unrhymed
"...laid back busy lives, consuming our hours,..."
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Tequila — poem unrhymed
"...Shots offered by traveling strangers..."
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Dance of Tears, Chief Nobody — poem unrhymed
"...earth possessions strapped to my back rawhide..."
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Missing Feeding of the Birds — poem unrhymed
"...these sweet bird sounds lost --..."
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Virus in the Air, Spasms in My Back — poem unrhymed
"...People are dying around me, but I can't save them..."
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Fiction Girl — poem unrhymed
"...Change is a choice where your energy flows..."
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Group Therapy — poem unrhymed
"...It's going to rain tonight, thunder..."
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Cold Gray — poem unrhymed
"...my heart is beyond the sea now..."
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Leaves in December — poem unrhymed
"...left to struggle with the bitterness..."
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Poets Die — poem
"...their spines the centerpiece on crosses on scarecrows..."
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Night Life Jungle Beat, Bar Next Door — poem unrhymed
"...The singers of songs love bars..."
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Deep in My Couch — poem unrhymed
"...I am a temple of worship with trinket dreams..."
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Poets Out of Service — poem unrhymed
"...conversations idle to a whisper..."
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Poetry Man — poem unrhymed
"...Death still comes in the shadow of grief..."
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Keyboard — poem unrhymed
"...I will be at my keyboard late at night..."
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Frogs — poem unrhymed
"...freedom school, free education..."
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97, Coming to Terms & Goodbye — poem unrhymed
"...facing my own death on my own time..."
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Casket of Love — poem unrhymed
"...the light by which we love..."
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California Summer — poem unrhymed
"...swim into eternal days like this..."
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Ghost I Am — poem unrhymed
"...a thumbnail image of myself in centuries of dust..."
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Four Leaf Clover — poem unrhymed
"...I hear your voice, fragmented words in thunder..."
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Trail of Tears in the Snow — poem unrhymed
"...Let me drive you home for the last time..."
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Just Another Poet — poem unrhymed
"...raise the poets of merit up from the grave..."
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In My Will — poem unrhymed
"...those who long to be free and ferocious..."
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Old Fiddle Man — poem unrhymed
"...to hear a few slim notes for just transitory seconds..."