happen" -- At the ferry -- Reading late at Campagnatico -- Making -- Seven last words of the Emperor Hadrian -- The green tavern -- Goyesca -- A second Ganymede -- On the road -- Psalter -- The long view -- Straw -- Weathers -- Country -- Anvil -- Local colour -- Aftermath -- From the book of whispers -- Nocturnal -- Ombrone -- Moment : Dutch interior -- Allemande -- Mozart to da Ponte -- A little walking tour of southern Tuscany -- A history lesson -- Madonna and child with goldfinch -- An essay on angels -- The short version -- A veteran in the field -- Raptors -- Owl -- Kites -- In the field -- Towards -- Into the blue -- Voyages -- Stars -- Rockpools -- The catch.

This brilliant collection of poems begins with a memory of new love and ends in the intimate territory of the long-familiar, where there is no need for words. It steps lightly among the object of our lives and the wonder of everyday replenishments.