Contents
Part One: Nothing but Alive
TO THE MUSE
OUT OF NOWHERE
NOTHING BUT ALIVE
THESE RARE THINGS HAPPENING
FAR FROM IT
GOD OF THE GALAXIES
ETERNITY
Part Two: The Lover from Train Windows
PASSING OUT
THE LOVER FROM TRAIN WINDOWS
CHAMBERS OF THE BRAIN
LET’S TRY AGAIN
INCENSE
HER BROTHER’S DRUM
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT?
THE BOHEMIAN GLASS VASE
BLIND STITCH
ELEVEN
EKTACHROME
ACTING CLASS
BROOKLYN, BROKEN
WELL, COME IN, HONEY
BOTTICELLI’S VENUS
Part Three: Here is the River, Here is the Road, Here is the Rain
THIS POEM
SECRET
ESCAPE
LAND CHANTY
BELL OF BREATH
PEEPERS IN MARCH
INEXPRESSIBLE
HERE, WITH YOU
LIFE’S MOMENT
VALENTINE’S DAY
ANOTHER BIRDIE-IN-THE-BACKYARD POEM
THE COY MISTRESS OF ANDREW MARVELL SPEAKETH BACK
YELLOW MOTHS
CLOSER
OUTAGE
INVISIBILITIES
PINE MOUNTAIN
RUIN IS NOT THE END OF ANYTHING
INDIGO BUNTING
Part Four: The Wavering World
THE TETHERED GAMECOCKS
SEEING RED
BOWLS
THE BARKING DOGS
EASTER MORNING
HERE, IN SILENCE
HOPE
HOW IT COMES ON
LETTING GO
STAY
LIKE THE WEATHER
WAVERING
MARRIAGE IN THE MIDST OF THINGS
Part Five: Joy Dogs
A FLASK OF THIS
TIGHTROPE
LIKE TALL GRASS BENDING
CONVERSATION
STILL HERE
NOW YOU ARE LEAVES
DOWN THERE
JOY DOGS
THE RIM OF SOMETHING
WHEN I WAS HERE
FALLING BACK
SEPARATION
FALLOW
SECOND WINTER
CONSERVANCY
ISLAND
SWEET JUICY LIFE
LITTLE LEASTS
LANDING
PAST PERFECT
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
Part Six: Whatever Calls
MEDICAL QUESTIONNAIRE
TILTH
STARTER FLUID
GOD OF DOGS
NOTHING?
THE MOUNTAIN’S TREE
IF SPIRIT IS ABROAD THIS DAY
Part Seven: The Known Path, The Way Home
FINAL BLOOD
DOVE
AUTUMNAL
BODY HEAT
HANDS
PLAYING
REGINA SUBLIMA IN KENTUCKY
NECKLACE OF SHARK’S TEETH
THERE
METAPHORS FOR THE SOUL
LAKE OF DAY
NO LANGUAGE
IF YOU CAME BACK NOW
AFTER THE LAST FROST DATE
EVER AFTER
Part Eight: The Rain Goes On Without You
BRIGHTNESS
MANHATTAN’S GHOST
SUBLET
THROUGH
THE BRIGHT FEAR
MATISSE: LA FENÊTRE OUVERTE
THE RUNNING
THE RAIN GOES ON WITHOUT YOU
THE GREAT OAK ON THE RIDGE
Acknowledgments