Paul Crichton is a consultant psychiatrist, who did an MA in Latin and Greek Language and Literature, Philosophy and Ancient History at Oxford, did his medical studies in Munich, Germany, and his specialist training in neurology and psychiatry in London, and did a BA and PhD in philosophy at London University. – He wrote a book based on his PhD for the general reader and called Self-Realization and Inner Necessity – Thinking about How to Live (Kiener Press; see Kiener-Press.com). He has been writing poetry for several years and this is the first publication of a selection of his poems.