Author Earnest E. Bartlett’s poems describe different aspects and situations in his life, such as love, happiness, sadness, death, adventures, and world problems. Poems are accompanied by explanations for further understanding and reading enjoyment for each poem in his book.The title of this book means to reflect upon good and bad times or shades of life in his life, and perhaps the lives of others. His book of poetry comes with each poem having the dates of creation to follow sequence of events.This book is the first of a series of eleven, which unfolds over numerous events, which should leave the reader with thoughts or shades of remembrances in their lives also.