Tales and Truths is a deeply personal collection that ends with the poem 'A Tribute', which Barnes describes as 'a Truth woven in the fabric of my being.' I let you into secrets (in a subtle way I hope) and make sort of confession of my inner thoughts. So though I leave out drama, mystery and noble themes, I hope that in their telling they find in you too, a home. (from 'A Tribute', Tales and Truths) Tales and Truths is the last book in a series of four that also includes: Fragments, The Dreamers & Lost Voices, and Letters and Conjectures & Museum Musings. 'These collections of poetry came about almost spontaneously and kept me engaged and happy at a time when many options were closing on me due to illness. Many are the uses of adversity.' (Elizabeth Barnes)