This exceptional collection of poetry combines humour and tragedy, skilfully weaving a pattern of life, from the Greek epic and the battlefields of the Second World War, to a portrayal of social graces and emotional turmoil, combining an infectious sense of fun with the most stirring passions, as B. D. Wilson invites the reader into his uniquely structured world.My World? What I see, touch, know.I am the humorist of my little cell,Laughing in derision at the warping bars of care,Feasting in seclusion upon the chocolate keyThat locks the futile door.My world now is furnished withThe tapestry of light.

Brian Wilson was born in 1924 in Penang, then part of the Straits Settlements (now Malaysia), where his Irish father practised as a solicitor, followed by an upbringing in pre-war Ireland and the south-west of the UK.Brian now lives in Western Australia where he divides his time between gardening and birdwatching.