Michael Lee Johnson

Poet

Downers Grove, IL
Illinois US
Email: 
promomanusa@gmail.com
Website: 
poetryman.mysite.com/
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Author's Bio

Michael Lee Johnson lived in Canada for ten years during the Vietnam era. Today, he is a poet in the greater Chicago-land area, IL. He has 354-plus YouTube poetry videos. Michael Lee Johnson is an internationally published poet in 46 countries, a song lyricist with several published poetry books, and a nominee for 7 Pushcart Prize awards and 6 Best of the Net nominations. He has over 653 published poems. He is the editor-in-chief of three poetry anthologies, all of which are available on Amazon, and has authored several poetry books and chapbooks. He has over 653 published poems. Michael has administered and created 6 Facebook Poetry groups. Member of the Illinois State Poetry Society: http://www.illinoispoets.org/ and Poets & Writers: https://www.pw.org/.  His poems have been translated into several foreign languages. Awards/Contests: International Award of Excellence "Citta' Del Galateo-Antonio De Ferrariis" XI Edition 2024 Milan, Italy-Poetry. Poem, Michael Lee Johnson, "If I Were Young Again." 

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
Prizes won: 

XI edition of the INTERNATIONAL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE "CITTA' DEL GALATEO-ANTONIO DE FERRARIIS" XI EDITION 2024 MILAN UNITED STATES-ILLINOIS MICHAEL LEE JOHNSON POEM "If I were young again"

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Personal Favorites

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: Aug 21, 2025