A first collection of poems by Stewart Bartlam, revealing his quirky take on the world, familiar to followers of his http: //stewartstanzas.wordpress.com poetry blog. Here are poems on a wide range of subjects, including the delights and dangers of alcohol, second-hand bookshops, tobacconists, Chopin, seagulls, cathedrals, and noisy neighbours. These are poems that are, at times, humorous, nostalgic, philosophical, emotional. Forty-eight glimpses of life, seen through the eyes of the poet.