Collection of poems from the author's previous anthologies - 'Dreaming in Stone', 'Three Days out of Tidal Town', 'The Darkwood Aquarium', 'The Cold Wires of Rain', 'The Viewfinder' Includes a book-length selection of new poems - 'Skinned B y Light'. Some of the poems have also been published in other anthologies. Subjects include strange animals, birds, volcanoes and tropical adventures . 'Thanatos' and 'Skinned by Light' won the Newcastle Poetry prize in 1997. The 'Viewfinder' won the 1997 Kenneth Slessor Poetry Prize.