Contents

First Cause: Light

First Cause: Dust

First Cause: Wind

Common Birds of Canada

By and by

The Drunken Horse

Milk Leg

First Cause: Mom and Dad

Spoilt

Familiar as Salt

My Soul to Keep

Crazy City Kid

First Cause: Rain

First Cause: Snow

First Cause: Sky

A Spell of Lilacs

Fox and Goose

Tasting the Air

Spit

Light Years

The Only Swimmer in the World

As Good as Anyone

Lonely as a Tree

First Cause: Insects

A Very Personal Thing

Perfect Time

Dark Water

First Cause: Grass

First Cause: Gravel

First Cause: Horizon

The Diamond Ring

Till Death Do Us Part

My Mother for a Long Time

Not Waving but Drowning

First Cause: Story

Acknowledgements