Seán Gaffney's interests in people, places and their art and music is evident in the four mini suites of this collection of poems.<br/>The Caucasus Suite explores that mountain range, its shifting borders and boundaries -- all seen through the photographs of a female Russian photographer half Gaffney's age with the mountains holding metaphors for the complex relationship between the two.<br/>Then comes Caravaggio with the spiritual resonances evoked by some of the religious themes he painted.<br/>This is followed by the world we live in and its and our challenges.<br/>Finally, the author considers the art and craft of his own writing. This is Seán Gaffney's fourth collection after Las Meninas, Family Matters and Aspects of Ageing.