In this second anthology to the series, the poet returns to the many places – and people – that have inspired him, giving more reasons than one to dog-ear those pages in the diaries of yesteryear. From windy nostalgia wafting in the Tasman Sea to evocative memories glittering in the Arabian, the poems continue to be celebrations of wistfulness, reminding that the songs of the wayfarer sound best when the rhythm is mellowed over time, the lyrics are distilled over aeons of yearning and the score is purified in sieves of melancholia that fondly recollect the warmth of yesterday…