Michael Lee Johnson

Poet

Downers Grove, IL
Illinois US
Email: 
promomanusa@gmail.com
Website: 
poetryman.mysite.com/
Twitter/X: 
@https://twitter.com/poetrymanusa

Author's Bio

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 300 plus 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 7 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 473 published poems. Michael is the administrator of 6 Facebook Poetry groups. Member Illinois State Poetry Society: http://www.illinoispoets.org/.  

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Cosmopsis Quarterly (Cosmopsis Books, 2007)
Journals:
34thParallel
,
Apollo's Lyre
,
Autumn Leaves
,
Bewildering Stories
,
Black Biro
,
Bolts Of Silk
,
Chantarelle's Notebook
,
Chantarelle’s Notebook
,
Expressions Newsletter
,
Fresh! Literary Magazine
,
Illogical Muse
,
ken*again
,
Languageandculture.net
,
Listen & Be Heard
,
Listen & Be Heard Weekly
,
Miller's Pond
,
Muscadine Lines: A Southern Journal
,
Official Site of Laura Hird
,
Orange Room Review
,
Pens On Fire
,
Poetic Diversity
,
Poetica Magazine
,
Poetry Cemetery
,
Prose Toad
,
Sage of Consciousness
,
Scorched Earth Publishing
,
The Barfing Frog
,
The Barfing Frog Press
,
The Bright Light Multimedia, The Bright Light Café
,
The Centrifugal Eye
,
The Flask Review
,
The Foliate Oak Online Literary Magazine
,
The Local Writer
,
The Quirk
,
Thick With Conviction
,
Zygote in My Coffee
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Favorite authors: 
Carl Sandburg, Leonard Cohen, Charles Bukowski, Margret Atwood, and Sylvia Plath.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Naturalists/Environmentalists
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Downers Grove, IL
Illinois
Raised in: 
Brazil, IN
Indiana
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Last update: Jan 24, 2024