The “small county” referred to in the title is the county of Pembrokeshire and its immediate surroundings. But the title is “In a Small County” and not “About a Small County”. All of the poems are set in (or are in touch with) the county; its beaches, harbours, villages, roads and mountains are very much part of the poems’ fabric. But it is not a series of picture postcards and, most importantly, it is not an attempt to make any sort of point, or to argue a case, about this (or any) small county, or any kind of theory about small-county qualities.