'Poetry and I were strangers. That ended when God brought Mary into my life over fifty years ago. Now we are on the verge of celebrating fifty years of marriage. During that time words cried out in my heart and a collection of poems formed, sometimes shared beyond Mary and myself. Now to celebrate our fiftieth wedding anniversary I've put them into this book. My poems are a simple testimony to the love we share and the way it has coloured our lives.' (Publication summary)