Berries in Abandoned Lots is an excursion of relevant, paper-cut poetry of diverse tone and hue. Berries in Abandoned Lots captures the essence of humanness, including a volley of societal sticks and stones, abandonment of forgotten ones, and the pain of a lesbian friend; then moves up-close and personal to a man who cannot find his psychological niche in the real world in "Third Tangent," and focuses in on an intimacy piranha in "Felonious," and hard reality in "Night Boy." Add the vibrancy of the natural world, a frame of serrating cultural voice, and a quick click of lightheartedness, and Berries in Abandoned Lots might just become the poetry you tuck into your inside pocket.