Winterberries is like a fine arts museum of personal histories. What the first half by Robert K. Johnson and the second half by Dorian Brooks additionally have in common is that these poems are poignant, picturesque, and profound word paintings. Altogether, they comprise a journey with a map of memories steeped in both nostalgia of past events and the reality of the present that incorporates life’s travails and joys. Robert K. Johnson’s poetry is tight, relatively short, disciplined free v...