This book is a collection of nearly all poems created by Richard Allan Burns. The nearly 190 rhymed and unrhymed poems cover many subjects, which are organized by categories such as domestic life, fantasy, self-improvement, nature, nostalgia, and love, for easy reference. He broaches such topical subjects as sex, politics, and extremism beliefs, with insight and sometimes startling clarity. Some poems have won awards, and the author doesn't shy away from using humor when it can help.

This book contain selected poems by Richard Allan Burns dealing with the struggles, obstacles, or disappointments, major or minor, in ordinary people's lives. Most have been previously published.