[2] The collection consists of 32 poems by the author with the bulk of these having been previously published in magazines such as The Bulletin, Southerly, and Meanjin.
The strength and sunshine of her long poem, "Pacific Sea" - which treats both ocean and outback - could scarcely have come from another country.
Such poems as "Candles," "The White Moment," "The Light Ship," and "The Waking" are the equal of the best of the verse the overseas writers export and far better than the bulk of it.
"[2] Another reviewer in The Advertiser (Adelaide) was also impressed with the work: "Miss McDonald is a poet who requires a broadly spread canvas.
She possesses a sensitive imagination and a fine sense of natural things, and her descriptions are large and generous.