Stepanchev's themes range from life & death to the unknown, to the fossilized, to the concretized, to the imagined, to the explained. He is a very diverse poet who doesn't contain himself. Thus, each and every one of his poems is unique in some way.

Of particular interest to me was his two poems, successively, "A Wound That Never Heals" and "Carolus Linnaeus". These two poems are bridged by a final poem which reflects the book's title, "Seven Horizons." In each of these poems he talks about deep psychological truths about holding and letting go. I felt very connected to the messages he portrayed with his convincing writing and very fluid repose of pictures. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this masterpiece.

Some of his poems were even enough to make me laugh. Each one made me say "aha!" in some way. It was just what poetry was meant to do, I believe. Not too heavy, not too light either. Just right for reading before you go to sleep.