An eclectic gathering of poems that includes a sequence about a biological research station, a section of poems focused on animals and plants entitled "Physiologos", a visit to Lake Superior, a collection of rune poems, and even a fragment of a Middle English alliterative poem in translation.

"Scott King's poems arise from the landscape as a scientist might see it: pulsing with insects and wind, dizzy with atoms and molecules. The language is limpid and clear, its images sharply drawn. He makes me think of Wordsworth or Thoreau with his steady gaze and light footstep. A lovely book." – Dorianne Laux, author of The Book of Men