This collection of poems covers several categories - lyric, narrative, pastoral, elegy, limerick ("On a Day Like Today in a Year Long Ago") and an ode (''The Unacclaimed"). It also covers a wide range of topics, including time, memories, children, observations, reflections, love and marriage and faith - events, experiences and emotions common to mankind. These poems tug at your heart through pathos and humor and sweet stories tenderly told.