Contents
One
Itch, Scratch 00
Like a Deity, Like a Diatom 00
Of Pavlov 00
Sea Monkeys 00
Pollywog 00
Memory 00
Chicken Tile 00
Camping Out in the 50¿s 00
Hand-Me-Down Pantoum 00
Grandma¿s Fingerless Gloves 00
Airborne 00
Segue 00
Lighthouse 00
Fish Tales 00
Two
I ask¿ 00
Word 00
Poem for the Hibiscus 00
Cardinal 00
Higgins Lake, Michigan, 9-11 00
Farmer, 1938 00
Dear Departed Reverend Grandfathers 00
Watching Dad Filet a Bass 00
Valences 00
Snowflake Obsidian 00
Of Snakes, Of Gluttony 00
A Note to the Skeptics 00
The bag lady 00
Hotel, Soldiers¿ Field Road, Boston 00
Small losses¿ 00
Ladybug 00
Letter to the Muse 00
Three
Making Soup 00
Poppy Field, Lily Pond 00
What I Believe, with Four Final Words from Li-Young Lee 00
Electric Tomato 00
My Refrigerator, and Other Acts of Whim, of Faith 00
On Being Asked by a Student How You Know When a Poem Is Done 00
Timeline for Lovers 00
Animal! 00
Every memory is a dream 00
Your Mouth 00
Dad¿s Cornea Transplant 00
Lightning Bugs 00
Spindrift 00
World Enough 00
Notes 00