Features poems that aim to remind us that we are all in the thick of things, the rich and complicated givens. This title moves from subjects as diverse as the surface of Europa to a tiny spider in a tear of wallpaper, and from Pythagoras at Tyre to the wings of a dragonfly.

These poems remind us that we are all in the thick of things, the rich and complicated givens. Moving fluently from subjects as diverse as the surface of Europa to a tiny spider in a tear of wallpaper, from Pythagoras at Tyre to the wings of a dragonfly, they are in love with the world and the deep seriousness of living. Often lavish themselves, they reflect that fact that the author is a visual artist as well as a poet of insightful and sustained imagination.