Michael Lee Johnson lived ten years in Canada during the Vietnam era:  now known as the Illinois poet, from Itasca, IL.  Today he is a poet, freelance writer, photographer who experiments with poetography (blending poetry with photography), and small business owner in Itasca, Illinois, who has been published in more than 750 small press magazines in 27 countries, he edits 8 poetry sites.  Michael is the author of The Lost American:  "From Exile to Freedom", several chapbooks of poetry, including "From Which Place the Morning Rises" and "Challenge of Night and Day", and "Chicago Poems".  He also has over 70 poetry videos on YouTube.

Read Michael's poetry: 

• Willow Tree and the Rain Falls

• Sadly, We Die

• Turnip in the Still

• Road Buggies, Recession, Depression, Obama

Read Michael's poetry elsewhere:

• http://poetryman.mysite.com/.

• http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/promomanusa

• https://www.youtube.com/user/poetrymanusa/videos

• http://bookstore.iuniverse.com/Products/SKU-000058168/The-Lost-American.aspx

• http://www.amazon.com/The-Lost-American-Exile-Freedom/dp/0595460917

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