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.