This book is several books in one. It consists of poems written for three different muses over a period of years. Each muse was radically different to the others. The result is a fascinating set of contrasts and illuminating comparisons. That is the meaning of the book's companionship, discretion, passion. It is beautifully illustrated by Ingrida Rocis and includes a Preface explaining how the author became a poet and how this book came to be.
Paul Monk is the author of Thunder From the Silent Zone: Rethinking China (2005) and Sonnets to a Promiscuous Beauty: A Homage to the Western Canon (2006). His essays on geopolitical and cultural affairs appear regularly in the Australian Financial Review.