After the breakout success of her first book of poems Mountain Climber, poet June Smith returns with an even more enduring tale of love and loss. In Journeying to June, the poet dives deeper into her childhood, imagining a world that might’ve existing during the moment of her birth in 1982. We follow the author has she weaves stories of love and childhood kisses, with seeing bodies burned alive for the first time during her first trip home to Haiti. It is a heroic novelty what Smith has been able to do. The stories in this second collection are timeless and sure to captivate audiences globally. Smiths themes are just as timely as they are potent.