Life, as it appears is a collection of poems about just that; how life is affected by the world around us and everything that is constantly going on there. The tone of Life, as it appears seems quite dark, which can easily be explained by how the world around us has changed during the time the poems have been written. War, rearmament, warmongering and a development towards more extreme politics, increased inequality and fewer and fewer democratically governed countries. However, I have made an effort to try to let hope come out in some poems. So do not fear the dark, there is hope for a better world. Quoting Arundhati Roy, Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.

Leif Robertsson is basically a visual artist. He has started writing at a mature age (now 73 years old). An earlier collection of poems (Event Horizon) plus two long poems (Associations and Thought Jumps 1 and 2) published by Books on Demand (all in Swedish). Leif has a great interest in society. He paints and writes about life as it appears. Writing in parallel with painting is fertile for both art forms.