• Acknowledgments • Introduction
• Thistles
• Bens
• Witch Hazel in March
• Visitants
• Heathcote
• Routine • “From a Childhood” • Girl
• Oban
• Arrow
• Rockfield Primary School
• 1952
• “Crucifixion” • November
• “Washing the Corpse”
• Family
• Liminal
• Ghost
• The Daughter
• Ash
• Nest • Nest of Thistles
• “I Love You, Darkness”
• Births
• Passage
• Chincherinchees 1960
• Memory • Poise
• Departure • Which Woman
• Ghazal
• Schiehallion • Conversation • Ancestor Theory
• Song for My Mother • Bronze Age • Cradle • Song
• Flowers à la Carte
• “The Little Year of the Vine”
• Haggis • Wanting to Write like Merwin • Handel • “Leda” • Heureux • The Lover • Written on a Leaf • Homecoming
• Unfolding • 19 July 2003 • “Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes”
• One Way to Varanasi
• Varanasi Morning • The Greatcoat
• What It Comes Down To • Black Bun • Bridge Street Cemetery
• Song
• Words • Glossary
• Notes