If you enjoy the country-side, reading or poetry, you will find 40 poems in this book that will interest you, which are enjoyable to read, covering topics that many readers will relate to. The collection has been written over the past 50 years whilst the author dwelt in rural surroundings, which inspired him to put into verse life as he witnessed it. If an interest in poetry has escaped you, this book will allow an ideal opening to the genre. Each poem, or verse, has been written in a manner that makes reading them a pleasure for all age groups. They span a variety of themes as diverse as the 'Trials of an Umpire' to a visit to 'Stow Horse Fair' or from a 'February Freeze' to a 'Summer's Dream'. Give in to temptation and open the book and begin reading to-day.