{"id":3108,"date":"2017-07-24T23:21:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T23:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/?page_id=3108"},"modified":"2017-07-25T23:26:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T23:26:52","slug":"michael-lee-johnson-summer-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/archives\/michael-lee-johnson-summer-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Lee Johnson, Summer 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Whispers from the Grave<\/strong><br \/>\n(Heart attack 50 years of age)<\/p>\n<p>What happened to 20 acres of farmland tilted toward sun angles,<br \/>\nthose sharp stone edges cool fall comes<br \/>\nfrost fields covered taking ownership of rented, abused, abandoned land\u2212<br \/>\n10 years Phil has been gone, DeKalb, Illinois farmer.<\/p>\n<p>Did he find salvation in those gold cornfields?<br \/>\nOctober orange colors, hayrides, and pumpkin harvest<br \/>\nof grey, grave bones buried near the deadly bicycle ride.<br \/>\nMystery did his lover Betsy<br \/>\n(defense, prosecuting attorney, Elgin, Illinois)<br \/>\nstand by his site after she went through mourning,<br \/>\nthe grandstanding at the wake at the farm,<br \/>\nthe dimming of all candles, incenses, and memorial shrine<br \/>\nshe held sacred within her bedroom walls, now faded.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mount Pleasant Cemetery (V2)<\/strong><br \/>\n(Toronto, Ontario Canada)<\/p>\n<p>Gravediggers uprooting caskets<br \/>\nwith sharp, steel shovels-<br \/>\neach slicing step downward<br \/>\nthrough nerve-rooted earth<br \/>\ncooper pennies jingle in change<br \/>\npouches dangling by their sides.<\/p>\n<p>They chat casually of Jesus,<br \/>\nHis painless resurrection<br \/>\nfrom the sealed tomb,<br \/>\nmoney-changers being chased<br \/>\naway from God\u2019s holy temple.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Michael Lee Johnson lived ten years in Canada during the Vietnam era. Today he is a poet, freelance writer, amateur photographer, and small business owner in Itasca, Illinois. Mr. Johnson published in more than 930 publications, his poems have appeared in 33 countries, he edits, publishes 10 different poetry sites. He has been nominated for 2 Pushcart Prize awards for poetry 2015 &amp; Best of the Net 2016. 134 poetry videos on YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/poetrymanusa\/videos. He is the Editor-in-chief of the anthology, <em>Moonlight Dreamers of Yellow Haze<\/em>: http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1530456762<br \/>\nand Editor-in-chief of a second poetry anthology, <em>Dandelion in a Vase of Roses<\/em> which is now available<br \/>\nhere: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1545352089<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whispers from the Grave (Heart attack 50 years of age) What happened to 20 acres of farmland tilted toward sun angles, those sharp stone edges cool fall comes frost fields covered taking ownership of rented, abused, abandoned land\u2212 10 years Phil has been gone, DeKalb, Illinois farmer. Did he find salvation in those gold cornfields? 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