IMy Father as a Giant Koi 3The Gift 4The Parachute 6Brazil 7Empires of Mind 8The Gurney 10Time Remaining 12Lime Jelly 14The Kindest Thing 16Terminal Lucidity 17Nessun Dorma 18The Outing 20The Clearing 22At Springbrook 24IIThalassography 29Light Years 31Pikes Peak 33Substantia Nigra 35The Midpoint 36Tijuana 38Kneeling Figure 40The Jaguar 42The Odds 44The Grip 45Neurostimulator 48The Night Shift 50Maidenhair 52Vital Signs 54IIIInstructions for a Lover 59Epithalamium 60Classical Allegory 62Affidavit 63Parable of the Clubhouse 64Cipriani 65On Tiepolo' s Cleopatra 67Ode to Cartier 68Alaska 70The Proposal 72Night Flight 74The Worst of It 76Mansions 77Blue Quandong 78Serious Moonlight 80IVDriving Through Drystone Country 85Gin & Tonic at the Rock Hotel 87Lago Nicaraguense 88Quetzalcoatl 89Sketches from the Nile 91Meditation on Risk in New Hampshire 93Upon Viewing a Still Life by Chardin and Thinking of the Marathon Bombing in Boston 95Monopoli 98On Worthing Beach 99A Handful of Oranges 102Great North Road 104Mediterranean Steps 108In My Father' s Country 110I. The Burr 110II. Your Dying 111III. The Hex 113IV. Long Division 114V. Antipodes 115VI. Anti-Gravity 116VII. A Brief History of the British Raj 117VIII.

Brain Surgery 119IX. The Tremor 120X. Indirect Address 121XI. Winter, Worthing 122Notes to the Poems 125Acknowledgements 127.