| Description |
xvii, 239 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
From sure signs 1980. Selecting a reader -- First snow -- An old photograph -- The constellation Orion -- The salesman -- Old soldier's home -- Fort Robinson -- How to fortell a change in the weather -- Snow fence -- In an old apple orchard -- After the funeral: cleaning out the medicine cabinet -- Carrie -- For a friend -- Five p.m. -- Abandoned farmhouse -- At the bait stand -- The window lester -- The red wing church -- From one world at a time 1985. Flying at night -- In the basement at the Goodwill store -- In January, 1962 -- Father -- The fan in the window -- Daddy longlegs -- Goodbye -- Laundry -- Ladder -- Walking at noon near the Burlington Depot in Lincoln, Nebraska -- At nightfall -- Cleaning a bass -- A letter -- The Voyager 2 satellite -- As the president spoke -- The urine specimen -- Porch swing in September -- From the blizzard voices 1986 -- +Eighteen eighty-eight, a Thursday -- Father and I had pulled the pump up -- My maiden name was Hanna -- Depending where on the plains -- I was an Ohio girl -- Corn was at twelve cents a bushel -- In all my years I never saw -- So go the old stories -- From weather central 1994. Etude -- A finding -- An Elegy -- Snakeskin -- A letter in October -- Four secretaries -- Shoes -- City limits -- Site -- Surveyors -- Another story -- Five-finger exercise -- Sparklers -- Old dog in March -- The great-grandparents -- weather central -- From Winter morninng walks: one hundred post cards to Jim Harrison 2000. Epigraph -- November 9 -- November 10 -- November 18 -- November 29 -- December 2 -- December 14 -- December 20 -- December 22 January 5 -- January 7 -- January 12 -- January 17 -- January 19 -- January 31 -- February 16 -- February 18 -- March 2 -- March 7 -- March 12 -- March 20 -- From delights & shadows 2004. Walking on tiptoe -- At the cancer clinic -- Gyroscope -- A rainy morning -- Mourners -- Skater -- Mother -- A jar of buttons -- Dishwater -- Applesauce -- Father -- Pearl -- Telescope -- A washing of hands -- After years -- From Valentines 2008. A heart of gold -- Barn owl -- Song of the ironing board -- For you, friend -- A map of the world -- This paper boat -- From splitting an order 2014. Splitting an order -- Bad news -- Swinging from parents -- At Arby's, at noon -- Changing drivers -- Two -- Opossum -- A visitant at five a.m. -- A Johnathon in Spring -- Sundial -- Lantern -- A mouse in a trap -- Zinc lid -- At a kitchen table -- A morning in early spring -- Sleep apnea -- Deep winter -- New moon -- Painting the barn -- Awakening -- From at home 2017. Road kill -- Locust trees in late May -- The sick bat -- Croquet ball -- Barred owl -- Nine wild turkeys -- A walk with my dog -- Meteor Shower -- New poems 1. Sewing machine -- Putz -- Memorial Day -- A bottle collection -- The clipper ship -- Blackout -- Goldfish -- A color slide -- Post office -- Ames by-products -- Helmet -- By flowing water -- An antique teacup -- Parents -- Death of a dog -- A line in the rain -- 2. A February walk -- In early April -- Roadside -- Three steps in the grass -- Snapping turtle -- A summer afternoon with clouds -- Nash -- A marriage -- An appearance -- Walking in fog beside a lake -- The constellation -- Turning up the thermostat -- A yellow rope -- Hoarfrost -- Moon shadows -- December morning -- 3. A man on a bridge -- Arabesque -- On a windy day -- People we will never see again -- Passing through -- Laundromat -- Landing -- Piano -- Smoke rings -- Two by the road -- Richard -- Brueghel: hunters in the snow -- Firewood -- Card trick -- Three shadows -- A long midwinter walk -- Waxer -- Index of titles -- Index of first lines -- About the author. |
| Subject |
American poetry.
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| Genre |
Poetry.
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| ISBN |
9781556595332 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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