Rain by Michael Lee Johnson

In the rain
He rebelled.
He drove off the road edge.
He was drunk.
It never rains in a dry casket.

BIO: Michael Lee Johnson's 1st chapbook of poems and his first paperback of poems both available for purchase or download at: "The Lost American: A Tender Touch & A Shade Of Blue" (Chapbook with 57 pages) and "The Lost American II: From Exile to Freedom" (Full paperback with 98 pages). In approximately 45 days a new paperback book, by Michael Lee Johnson, will be available for purchase and download at iUniverse Publishers.

Mr. Michael Lee Johnson lives in Chicago, IL after spending 10 years in Edmonton, Alberta Canada during the Viet Nam era. He is a freelance writer and poet. He is heavy influenced by Carl Sandburg, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Irving Layton, and Leonard Cohen. 250 plus poems published. He is a member of Poets & Writers, Inc; Directory of American Poets & Fictions Writers. Recent publications: The Orange Room Review, Bolts of Silk, Chantarelle's Notebook, The Foliate Oak Online Literary Magazine, Poetry Cemetery, Official Site of Laura Hird, The Centrifugal Eye, Adagio Verse Quarterly, Scorched Earth Publishing, and many others. Published in USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Nigeria Africa, India, United Kingdom. Mr. Johnson has a paper book pending publication with iUniverse Publishers. EMAIL: promomanusa@gmail.com