Michael Lee Johnson, US

 

Free Verse   Moon Sleep   I stick my hand out toward the sea, roll out my palm. I offer a plank, a trail for you. Follow out into the water and the salty stars. When you stretch out and give your heart to the final moment of the glass night sky, draw me in— sketch my face on the edge of our moon— over ages of celestial moon sleep and dust. 2007     Dancer of the Shoe Poem   Dancer of the shoe poem, I trip over your shoe string dress or gown and keep walking with a beat, you're missing a step, let me take you there, or did the ghost of the night take your slippers away— move right, slightly left, back one half-step. Dancer of the shoe poem, it's my duty to take you away in a love feast. Thank you for this dance. 2009   Michael Lee Johnson, US—Ekphrastic Free Verse: Jesse's Homeless Face Michael Lee Johnson, US—Ekphrastic Free Verse: Around My World