Mr. Michael Lee Johnson lives in Itasca, IL., after spending 10 years in Edmonton, Alberta Canada during the Vietnam War era. He is a freelance writer and poet. He has been published in the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Scotland, Turkey, Fuji, Nigeria Africa, India, United Kingdom, Thailand, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Michael Lee Johnson is a member of Poets & Writers, Inc and the Directory of American Poets & Fictions Writers. He is a member of The Illinois Authors Directory and Illinois Center for the Book. He has published 145 poems in 2007 to date. He is the author of The Lost American: From Exile to Freedom. Visit his website at http://poetryman.mysite.com/. He is now the publisher/editor of Poetic Legacy. Poetic Legacy is now open for submissions.