Much has been stated about poetry. ÒPoetry is what in a poem makes you laugh, cry, prickle, be silent, makes your toe nails twinkle, makes you want to do this or that or nothing, makes you know that you are alone in the unknown world, that your bliss and suffering is forever shared and forever all your own.Ó ~ Dylan Thomas ÒPoetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it.Ó ~ Rumi ÒPoetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.Ó ~ Carl Sandburg ÒPoetry is a word-fed spring flowing from the consciousness of the poetÕs mind.Ó ~ RZgis Auffray With ÒA Stir of EchoesÓ it is the authorÕs hope that the reader will be able to appreciate and perhaps to identify with the various situations, dilemmas, conflicts, miseries, euphoria, etc. that are expressed and consequently shared through his verses. The verses offer a glimpse into the authorÕs soul and thus a way to get to know him more intimately.