'I have the misfortune of having a date with you daily,
Though you lessen your grip every now and then.
I am still shackled to your chains.
I am not the master of my own time.
You dictate the pace of my day and how I spend my time.'
(From the poem 'Shackles')
Fresh, accessible and heartfelt, the poems in Rene Walter's collection Echoes from the Cellar Within deal with many different aspects of life, such as love, loss and joy.