'Stephen Leeders Pilgrim Soul: Selected Poems is the culmination of his lifes work. With a nod to Yeats, Segmented into seven sections, LIFE CYCLE, DESTINY, WAR, ON A LIGHTER NOTE, MUSINGS, DEPARTURES, the poems feature the complex thoughts and internal wresting that can be expected from a life well lived in the medical profession. His poems often feature life and death, the loss of war, happiness, humour, and awe. A beautiful selection of poems and ultimate works of Australian physician and artist, Stephen Leeder.' (Publication summary)