Dr. Jack Moser is a counselor. He has learned that to give help a counselor must practice the art of listening. So he listens, and he feels the sorrow of his clients, and the fear and anger and doubt. Jack feels he must give these hurting people hope. He wants to assure them they can trust in God. But that s t so easy for him when he considers the mess the world is in. Is God being negligent? Many of Jack s poems challenge God to put an end to the atrocities of war and social injustice. He ackwledges that human beings are at fault, but couldn t God keep better control? Does God even exist? This book of poems, for all of its questioning and concern, may sound despairing, but the book also has its lighter moments, full of humor and fantasy. The household cats face off against the squirrels on the lawn. Bryan choosing his father s new car and naming it The Iron Pig. Jack Moser s sentimental celebration of his beloved, magical Ireland and her people, animals, and fairies.