Like rigorous philosophy, Trey Moody’s poems begin with immediate evidence, then move outward, examining nature, weather, history, and ghosts.

Thought That Nature identifies and captures moments when the border between personal consciousness and the otherness of the physical become porous. Ironically, it also allows Moody to measure the distance between consciousness and direct experience, even as he casts this gap in memorable speech. This debut collection offers the reader sensual delight and intellectual pursuit—a rare and bracing combination.

1

We Use Spoons Mostly
What We First Said
Climate Reply
A Weather [Why a. Why not…]
The Fallacy of Perfection
A Weather [Snow falls thick…]
Like Hearing For from That
Chatter
A Weather [Land absorbs sound…]
This Forest Isn’t a Room
A Feather Protruding from the Mouth
A Weather [While waiting…]
The Seating
A Weather [Said sand molds…]
Salina, Kansas
A Weather [Summer’s scalding echo…]
Dear Ghosts

2: Lancaster County Notebook

The Good Life
Travelogue
To, But
Attention
In Crossing
By Hand
Act of Interpretation
Only What
Spring
Between Both
Nourishment
Distance
An Explanation
That Abstraction
Perfect Potential

3

Same-Day Resolution
A Weather [Since it is raining…]
Both
Everything Is Not for Everyone
A Weather [A certain sound…]
Yes, This Is May
A Weather [Heat: winter’s memory…]
Exercise in Patience
Backyard
A Weather [Color claims consistency…]
A Note on Silence
This Hemisphere of Leaves
A Weather
Praise
A Weather
Remembering the Original
Dear—