CONTENTS

1

Gullet

Erratics

Woman Reading to the Sea

On Not Using the Word “Cunt” in a Poem

Snow Covering Leaves of a Magnolia

Eurydice

Midas’ Pause

Laurel

Suggestive Grove

Woman in Front of Firelight

Intoxication at Carmel-by-the-Sea

Horizontally, I Moved



2 (Hadean Time)

Hadean Time

Dark Ages

Farthest Flame

The Iceberg

Death and Transfiguration of a Star

The Fish

Jellyfish

Anatomy of a Skylark

The Glass Sponge

A Waterfall

The Kingfisher

Evening at the Dix

Another Sea Scene

Field

Grackles

Chimes

Shell



3 (Restoration)

Leaving Saint Peter’s Basilica

At the Church of Santa Prassede

At the Church of Santa Maria Novella

At the Church of San Crisogono

At the Church of San Pietro a Maella

At the Church of San Clemente

At the Church of Santa Cecilia

Restoration



4

Maenads

Belltower

Io

Hades

Disobedience

Rapture’s Lack

Geometry

The Goddess Stopped

Second Song

Safe Swimming

Helioseismology

The Climb

A Cove




Notes