There are moments in life that are poignant and memorable. Such brief glimpses of understanding are what make life worth living. In One Sweet Moment, Bruce Meyer recalls his childhood, honors poets who have made those instances of insight meaning, recalls the artists who have attempted to capture them in their work, and recalls the grief and joy of living. Life, Meyer tells us, is the sum of many moments from the bittersweet to the joyful, and in poems that are memorable moments in their own right, continues to explore the experience of being alive.

Bruce Meyer is author of more than sixty books of poetry, short fiction, non-fiction, literary journalism, and literary criticism. He has had two national bestsellers, The Golden Thread: A Reader's Journey Through the Great Books (2000) and Portraits of Canadian Authors (2016). He is twice winner of the E.J. Pratt Gold Medal and Prize for Poetry and the Gwendolyn MacEwen Prize for best poem. He was the inaugural Poet Laureate of the City of Barrie. He is professor of Poetry at Victoria College in the University of Toronto and professor of Creative Writing and Canadian Literature at Georgian College in Barrie.