These poems range over a broad field, from Pembrokeshire buzzards to summer in Bangkok, from Augustus John to golf at St Enodoc’s. Curtis’ clear, concise, narrative style is free of verbal clutter or obscurity. The poems point to his fascination with adventurous characters, such as Reg who sailed the five oceans. The book also features poems translated from colloquial Iraqi. Curtis has won many prizes, including the National Poetry Competition. He is the editor of three anthologies of poetry, as well as a number of critical books, including The Art of Seamus Heaney .