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Author: Michael Lee Johnson

Michael Lee Johnson lived 10 years in Canada during the Vietnam era and is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada. Today he is a poet, freelance writer, amateur photographer, and small business owner in Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois.
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Missing Feeding of the Birds

imageByMichael Lee JohnsonJune 3, 2020
Missing Feeding of the Birds
Keeping my daily journal diary short  these sweet bird sounds lost-  reviews January through March.  Joy a dig deep snow on top of my sorrows.  Skinny naked bones sparrows these doves  beneath my balcony window,  lie lifeless without tweet  no melody lost their sounds.    

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Old Men Walk Funny

imageByMichael Lee JohnsonFebruary 19, 2019
Old Men Walk Funny
Old men walk funny with shadows and time eating at their heels. Pediatric walkers, prostate exams, bend over, then most die. They grow poor, leave their grocery list at home, And forget their social security checks bank account numbers, Dwell on whether they wear dentures,

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