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May 2008

Michael Lee Johnson


 

Michael is a poet and freelance writer, author of “The Lost American: From Freedom to Exile.” He has also published two poetry chapbooks and has been published in various countries. Michael publishes and edits several poetry sites as well as one for flash fiction. He lives in Itasca, Illinois.

 

From: Spring Time Poems and Other Thoughts.

Dove Poem

I hear
scratch of
little dove feet.
I hear peck
of little dove bills
in bird seed basket
on my balcony-
in near silence
on rain-filled
afternoon-
lightning,
thunderstorm
overhead darkness,
cramped up with rage,
holds off a minute
so I may
hear these sounds.

August:2007