"Poetry and the Concept of Maya" is a textbook for poets and anyone else interested in improving their reading and enjoyment of poetry. The poetry of world-famous Alan Britt is looked at through the lens of the Hindu concept of Maya. By analyzing Britt's poetry this way, the reader is instructed on how to see through the poem, by way of its images and metaphors, into another reality behind the poem. The book also contains selected commentary on the poems themselves, as examples of how it's done, and what at least one reader sees behind them.