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Rainbow in April
April again,
the wind
falls in love with itself
skipping across asphalt
and concrete bare
with the breaking weather.
A rainbow
is half arched,
broken off deep
into the aorta
of the sky.
It hangs
from elastic
rubber bands
of mixed colors
dipped in God's
inkwell,
airbrushed
by the fingertips
of Michelangelo.
April again,
the wind steps high.
Nikki
Watching doves
peck away,
all day long at
a full bowl
of mixed seeds,
out on the balcony
of my condo-
the cat curls
up on the sofa,
after a meager
meal of house flies-
and dreams of
sparrows with
wide soaring
wings.
Michael Lee Johnson is a poet and freelance writer from Itasca, Illinois.
His brand new poetry chapbook with pictures, From Which Place the Morning Rises and his new photo version
of The Lost American: From Exile to Freedom is now available at: http://stores.lulu.com/promomanusa.
He also has 2 previously published chapbooks available at: http://stores.lulu.com/poetryboy.
The original version of The Lost American: from Exile to Freedom, can be found at:
http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-46091-7.
He has been published in USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Scotland, Turkey,
Fiji, Nigeria, Algeria, Africa, India, United Kingdom, Republic of Sierra Leone,
Israel, Nepal, Thailand, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Finland, and Poland internet radio.
Michael Lee Johnson has been published in more than 280 different publications worldwide.
Audio MP3 of poems are available on request.
He is also publisher and editor of four poetry flash fiction sites--all presently open for submission:
http://birdsbywindow.blogspot.com/
http://www.poetriclegacy.mysite.com/
http://atendertouch.blogspot.com/
http://wizardsofthewind.blogspot.com/
Author website: http://poetryman.mysite.com/
Email: Michael Lee Johnson
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