Fred Marchant (Director of the Poetry Center at Suffolk University) writes of Johnson's work: "His is an art of transparency, an art in which language through its own devices becomes nearly invisible and what is seen through the scrim is usually an epiphany... The ordinary life is under the poet's gaze transformed into something approaching the sacred..."

"From Mist To Shadow" is an apt title for Robert K. Johnson's newest collection of poetry. The poems offer a wide range of subject matters and styles. The book's first pages concern the poet's early years, and the final pages his later years. In between we have meditation on family, literature, career, movies and a host of characters who have weaved in and out of the poet's life.

Robert K. Johnson was a Professor of English at Suffolk University (Boston, Mass) for many years and is the author of six collections of poetry. His work has appeared in a wide variety of magazines, journals and newspapers. He is currently the submission editor for the Ibbetson Street Press of Somerville, Mass.Robert K. Johnson was a Professor of English at Suffolk University (Boston, Mass) for many years and is the author of six collections of poetry. His work has appeared in a wide variety of magazines, journals and newspapers. He is currently the submission editor for the Ibbetson Street Press of Somerville, Mass.

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