This anthology by well-known Australian poet contains poems that have previously been published in newspapers such as the 'Australian' and journals such as 'Meanjin', as well as selections from his other anthologies such as 'Bungalow and Hurricane' and 'Inland'. The author was made an Emeritus Fellow of the Literature Board of the Australia Council in 1988, and in 1991 was awarded the Order of Australia for services to literature. His national prizes include the Grace Leven Prize, and Second Prize for Poetry in the NSW Captain Cook Bicentenary Celebrations Literary Competitions.