GAS Featured Poet: 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 259 YouTube poetry videos. Michael Lee Johnson is an internationally published poet in 44 countries, several published poetry books, nominated for 4 Pushcart Prize awards, and 5 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 443 published poems. Michael is the administrator of 6 Facebook Poetry groups. Member Illinois State Poetry Society.

Exiled Poet

 

Exiled eye

 

now 10 years here, I turn

rain into thunder,

 

days switch,

my back-pain muskmelon

into loneliness

 

Naked

In the nakedness of life

 

moves this male shadow

worn-out dark clothes,

 

ill-fitted in distress,

he bends down

prays for the dawn.

 

 

Poetry Man

 

Death still comes in the shadow of grief,

hides beneath this blanket of time,

in the heat, in the cold.

 

Hold my hand on this journey

you won’t be the first, but

 

you may be the last.