Hiraeth is a word indicating nostalgia for something you can no longer return to, such as a place or a time. This is a selection of themed poems. Irish-Canadian poet Antony Christie said of her previous collection: "Merrieweather uses a variety of poetic forms, from the traditional ballad to contemporary free verse, [and] is adept at giving voices to the mythical, those shunned by society, the inanimate, and the human, and has produced a weighty collection in which there are poems that should appeal to all who enjoy poetry."