Author: Simon Armitage

Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd
Published: 22 September 1997
ISBN: 0571192831
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 171pp.

A collection of poems which reflect the author's interest in astronomy and other celestial themes, including religion, but also concern themselves with moments in the life of his mind.
The book ends with a play based on events surrounding a total eclipse of the sun, Eclipse.

Table of Contents

Thin Air

- A Glory
- The Tyre
- The Good Ship Melancholia
- The Winner
- Double Figures
- Self-Portrait with National Lottery Winnings after a Roll-Over Jackpot
- For the Record
- Stork
- A Gift Horse
- Lest We Forget
- Mojo
- The Ship
- Homecoming
- An Asterism

The Whole of the Sky

- The Mariner's Compass
- Hydra
- Virgo
- The Great Bear
- Cetus
- Hercules
- Eridanus
- Pegasus
- The Dragon
- The Centaur
- Aquarius
- The Serpent-Holder
- Leo
- Bootes
- Pisces
- Sagittarius
- The Swan
- The Keel
- The Unicorn
- The Sculptor
- The Phoenix
- Canes Venatici
- The Ram
- Capricornus
- The Furnace
- Berenice's Hair
- Canis Major
- The Peacock
- The Crane
- Lupus
- The Sextant
- The Toucan
- Indus
- The Octant
- Lepus
- Lyra
- The Cup
- Columba
- The Fox
- Ursa Minor
- Horologium
- Pictor
- The Southern Fish
- The Water Snake
- Taurus
- The Giraffe
- Andromeda
- The Stern
- Auriga
- The Eagle
- The Serpent
- Perseus
- Cassiopeia
- Orion
- Cepheus
- The Lynx
- The Scales
- Gemini
- Cancer
- The Sails
- Scorpius
- The Air-Pump
- Ara
- Leo Minor
- The Microscope
- Apus
- The Lizard
- The Dolphin
- Corvus
- Canis Minor
- The Swordfish
- The Northern Crown
- The Level
- The Table Mountain
- The Flying Fish
- The Fly
- The Triangle
- The Chameleon
- The Southern Crown
- The Chisel
- Reticulum
- The Southern Triangle
- The Shield
- Circinus
- Sagitta
- The Foal
- Crux
- The Telescope

Eclipse