A smell, a taste, an observation, an occasion, a conversation, a photograph -these are what compel the creation of a sonnet. In this collection, some sonnets are based on the evolution and culmination of relationships, conveying depths of expression and emotion. Some are simple and straightforward, while others are open to a secondary interpretation or a hidden picture. For still others, the transfer of an idea to the concrete can traverse a continuum from reality to fantasy. Above all, these sonnets will spur your imagination and recollection-and isn't that what poetry is all about?