Posted in Uncategorized on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »
If an author is not passionate about his or her book or story, people will not be passionate about reading it. All my favorite books were written by authors with a purpose and a passion for a cause. Khaled Hosseini’s passion for the plight of Afghanistan and compassion for Afghani women fill his book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and [...]
Posted in Confessions from the heart, tagged fear, self-confidence, silencing voices from the past on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
When overwhelmed with projects needing attention, and discouraged from not seeing the results one wants, it’s easy to feel discouraged. Maybe more than discouraged—depressed and immobilized. When that happens, STOP. Take a look at where you are versus where you want to be. What do you need to do to get there? It could [...]
Posted in Poetry on March 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Living In a Fish Bowl
Looking out the window
Nature has its own disguise
Trapped behind four walls of glass
No one knows who I am?
Or my past!
Faceless is the lonely souls
Behind the reflection of glass
Time has just evolved
Shadows, reflections
Looking through the window
Where no doors pass
Like a flower blossoms in a vase
Stands still in a crowd
No one notices!
The world [...]
Posted in Poetry on March 7, 2008 | No Comments »
A poet, and freelance writer, Michael Lee Johnson is self-employed in advertising, and selling custom promotional products. He is the author of The Lost American: From Exile to Freedom, http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-46091-7. He has published two chapbooks of poetry. A contributor in the Silver Boomers poetry anthology about aging baby boomers, by Silver Boomer Books, he resides in Itasca, Illinois, United States. He lived in Canada during the Vietnam era and will be published as [...]
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