The poems in fall into three categories: new poems, previously uncollected poems, and translations. Most of them have appeared at one time or another in magazines and newspapers. "He writes a robust and finely tuned poetry, apoetry that is empathetic to the casual peoplethat our confused society throws up" "Campbell's resourceful craftsmanship andhis ear for the authentic allow him to rangeconfi dently over a wide variety of forms andsubjects." "I find many of Campbell's poems very pure, with a piercing sense of the 'lacrimae rerum' ofwhich Vergil wrote. It is unusual nowadays tofind such purity of tone."