Children in the Sky
There is a full moon,
distant in this sky tonight,
Gray planets planted
on an aging white, face.
Children, living and dead,
love the moon with small hearts.
Those in heaven already take gold thread,
drop the moon down for us all to see.
Those alive with us, look out their
bedroom windows tonight,
we smile, then prayers, then sleep.
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 26 countries, he edits 7 poetry sites. Michael is the author of The Lost American: From Exile to Freedom (136 pages), several chapbooks of poetry, including From Which Place the Morning Rises and Challenge of Night and Day, and Chicago Poems. He also has over 69 poetry videos on YouTube.
Links: http://poetryman.mysite.com/ http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/promamanusahttps://www.youtube.com/user/poetrymanusa/videos
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http://www.amazon.com/The-Lost-American-Exile-Freedom/dp/0595460917
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ReplyDelete“Children in the Sky” is a magical poem by Michael Lee Johnson. It brings an aging universe together with the children, living and dead. The universe is made whole and human by the love “with small hearts.”
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