Sharkey recalls his childhood and family members who exerted some influence over him ; he speaks of his education in and outside the school system ; he describes some of his lyric pieces ; publishing his first book Woodcuts ; working and studying at university level ; his New Zealand experience ; meeting Robert Graves ; writing poems dealing with the funny side of love ; how he writes and the source of his inspiration ; the task of writing criticisms ; teaching Australian literature. Sharkey reads the poems: 'The Boys Who Stole the Funeral', 'Courtland Possum', 'Creekwater Possum', 'Wind', 'Te Henga', 'Barbarians', 'Seeing Her Go'.
