Rankin speaks of her childhood environment ; her studies at Sydney University ; the low points in her private life ; she describes the poems written during her stay in England ; the 1976 production of her play 'Bees' at the Nimrod ; she describes her method of work and favourite subjects. Rankin reads the poems : 'Ritual Shift', 'Mound poem 1', 'Mound poem 2', 'Mound poem 3', "Earth wind", 'Black cockatoo', "Love affair 36", 'Sea bundle' and 'Island crossing'. (Libraries Australia record)