Ontario-born but long resident in London, England, Marius Kociejowski is justly admired by lovers of contemporary poetry for his mastery of the craft. Combining intellectual passion with a delicate yet severe music all his own, he has created a body of verse that has won him wide acclaim among the happy few' who have been able to obtain his previous books which have been difficult to find in his native land. This edition collects those poems which the poet himself considers most representative of his work and will give readers new to his poetry the surprising but delightful experience of encountering a major poet who can sing of the most complex truths in an elegant and incisive manner.