Review Christopher Brooks is immersed in Oklahoma, his voice arising a from a “dirt section road bisecting a remnant river bottom cornfield.” His poetry, closely attuned to place—to his home place—all the places he travels, reminds us that “There is no greater mystery than an angel’s smoky breath cloud of blackbirds dancing across the sky.” —Jeanetta Calhoun Mish, 2017-18 Oklahoma State Poet Laureate  With Them I Move takes you on a nice stroll along the path of memory and movement. Actually, it turns into a bit of a hike through the forest and down dirt roads, where you’ll like the view while learning his. Christopher gives you poems that answer questions and pose new ones. That’s his specialty. I enjoy his insight and the straight forward progress of the scenes and characters he shares with us. They compel you to look inside yourself and think. Go ahead and stroll through this book. —Johnie Catfish (J. C.) Mahan, author of Living Posthumorously About the Author Christopher Brooks lives in Shawnee, Oklahoma, with his wife Jennifer, daughter Tansy, dog Georgia and Harley-Davidson Lucinda. His educational background is in anthropology and archaeology, specializing in the prehistory of the southwestern United States. He is a Navy veteran and works in civil service, where he's served in Afghanistan. Christopher's poetry appears in Flint Hills Review, Red Earth Review, Dragon Poet Review, Blue Collar Review, The Furious Gazelle and SLANT: A Journal of Poetry. One of his proudest achievements was to be chosen as a 2017 Woody Guthrie Poet. Christopher's work also appears on the website Jaspersatellite.blogspot.com, which is a manifestation of his sprit via poetry, prose and photography.