Strazay's poetry is simultaneously soft and emotional as well as harsh and realist. The realism is achieved by a sort of literary impressionism - the poems are created with small glimpses, especially in "Childish Backyard" Stefan Strazay writes about things that are so intricate (or abstract) that they seem surreal. The reocurring themes are light, death, war, rain, things which he himself calls in "Something", "something obvious / but fundamental". His poetry is so personal and mature, that as a 16 year old person, it's hard to truly understand it.