The poems in Crossing the Salt Flats expand on his visual themes -- memories of childhood laced with vivid detail
an endeavour to hold something still so that its true nature can be understood
But it would be mistaken to see him merely as a skilled traditionalist
I don’t want to know anyone too well (1971)
Robert Reid
Carnival Format:Paperback The poems in Crossing thePoet, bioregional essayist, and explorer of post colonial landscapes in decay and transition, Harold Rhenisch combines his fathers character with his own, and in a series of luminous, closely linked stories, takes the reader on an emotional journey through humour, joy, heartbreak, horror, spiritual catastrophe and redemption, to present a second look at history. Carnival, is war from a childs eyes, up close and personal, from silly pranks, to playing