F. Geoffrey Johnson

F. Geoffrey Johnson, poet and visual artist has self published two collections of poetry, SMELLS I SEE, 142 pp., 2004 and RESTORATION, 148 pp., 2005. Published poetry can be found in Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, 48.1 (2023); Green Mountains Review, Vol. 32.2, Special Issue: BLACK VOICES! (2021); Flyway Journal of Writing & Environment (Winter 2019); Brilliant Flame! Amiri Baraka: Poems, Plays, Politics for the People (Third World Press 2018); African American Review, Volume 46.1, Special Issue: Hip Hop and the Literary (Spring 2013); Reverie: Midwest African American Literature, Vol. 5, (Aquarius Press, 2011); Java Monkey Speaks: A Poetry Anthology, Vol. 4, (Poetry Atlanta Press, 2011); Encounters: Poems About Race, Ethnicity and Identity (Skinner House Books, 2010); KARA WALKER—NO / KARA WALKER—YES / KARA WALKER—? (Midmarch Arts Press, 2009); The Caribbean Writer, International Literary Anthology, Volume 22 (University of the Virgin Islands, 2008). “I use visual art as a second language. Together, both mediums complement each other helping me fulfill my purpose as an artist”.