contents

A Beehive, 11 On the Death of a Poet, 12

In Glenmalure, 15 At Lough Ouler, 17 The 1901 Census, 18 Table-Talk of John Joly, ftcd, on the Geological

Unification of Ireland, 19 Approach to the City, 21 Tunnels through the Head, 23

Colmcille’s Farewell, 27

Dry Dock, 28 Dark Water, 29 Drypool in Old Photographs, 31

Rag and Bone Man’s Mild, 33 Interview with a Binman, 35

Air Street Fugue, 36 The Wandering Islands, 39 Klangfarbenmelodie, 41

A Bittering, 42 [Untitled], 45 Remnant Land, 47 Death on the Breeze, 48

x, 49 Memorial, 50 According to Lucretius, 51

In Marrakesh, 52

Adultery, 53 In the Medina, 54

Shorts, 55 Tale of a Horse, 57 The President of Planet Earth, 59