This is an anthology of traditional (Chaucer, Herrick, Wordsworth, Edward Thomas and Hardy) and modern (Elizabeth Jennings, Richard Edward, Kit Wright, Judith Wright, James Schuyler and Charles Reznikoff) poetry. This collection of poetry features the "Green Spirit" and includes a range of American poets as well as poets from Australia, Spain, Japan, Korea and Guyana. Other anthologies by Anne Harvey include "The Language of Love", "Faces in a Crowd", "Poets in Hand", "Occasions", "Caterpillars", "Cats and Cattle" and "Headlines From the Jungle".