[1] The first edition contains 35 poems, some of which had been published previously in various literary magazines, and one piece of prose.

[1] Contents: Reviewing the collection in the Australian Book Review Lisa Gorton noted: "Reading the poetry, you might doubt whether 'important' is the word Maiden would choose for what she has achieved.

Her poems jump from large public events to small happenings: from George W. Bush to the sight of clouds in the Monaro.

In this way, they suggest how what we habitually call important finds its place alongside the haphazard, provisional, small...There is something of John Donne in Maiden’s style of deliberate incongruity; her way of juxtaposing facts and ideas from customarily distinct realms of experience.

Literary editor of The Age, Jason Steger, interviewed Maiden about the poetry collection in 2006.