Title: Connections in the English Lake District
First published: 1972
Description: This, one of Peters' earliest books, was published only in England and is out of print.  Peters walks in the Lake District during a vicious storm and meditates on the 19th century poets who lived there.  His style is an unusual mix of personal lyrics and collages. The main poem is an elegy  on the racer Donald Campbell whose boat Bluebell exploded on Coniston Water.  Dorothy Wordsworth also appears.
Subjects: England's Lake District, Gay men, Poetry
Places: England's Lake District
People: Boat race Donald Campbell, Dorothy Wordsworth
LC classification: PS3531.E827 C6