An anthology of poems touching on several of the most important human emotions not the least of which is a desire to escape the pressures we all face each day even if only for a short while. With the exception of the Limericks, most of these works are written in quatrain. This is the author´s favorite form of verse and is an easy form to read and is very effective in making a statement. The author has attempted to touch on as many human emotions as he could. You are sure to find some of these works amusing so that takes care of humor and laughter. The word Pathos as appearing in this collection serves our very human need to feel pity, sympathy and compassion. As you read some of these ballads you can look forward to a sudden rush of ecstatic joy just as you felt at your own wedding and just as you felt at the wedding of your beloved daughter or son that brought those tears of joy; or perhaps as you felt at the birth of your very first grandchild. Or how about the time you got your first kiss? Remember that rush of adrenaline and how scared you were before the happiness took over from the fear as your lips tenderly clung and your heart felt like it was going to swell up and burst right out of your body. Now last but certainly not least there is sadness. This is probably the most important and necessary emotion you will ever feel. We make the journey through this life by making comparisons so if we had never experienced sadness how would we know how to recoghize joy?