ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

For their encouragement, I am indebted to the editors of the following publications, where poems, sometimes in different form, were originally published.

“Ape House, Berlin Zoo”: The American Poetry Review

“Mimosa Sensitiva”: The American Poetry Review

“Self-portrait with Hornets”: The American Poetry Review

“Ascension on Fire Island”: Antaeus

“V-winged and Hoary”: Antaeus

“The Annulment”: The Atlantic Monthly

“Black Camellia”: The Atlantic Monthly

“Dead Wren”: The Atlantic Monthly

“Horses”: The Atlantic Monthly

“Landscape with Deer and Figure”: The Atlantic Monthly

“Tarantula”: Columbia: A Magazine of Poetry and Prose

“The Zoo Wheel of Knowledge”: The Gettysburg Review

“The Marble Queen”: The Nation

“The Mare”: The Nation

“Icarus Breathing”: The New Republic

“Mask”: The New Republic

“My Tea Ceremony”: The New Republic

“The Pink and the Black”: The New Republic

“American Kestrel”: The New Yorker

“Bowl of Lilacs”: The New Yorker

“Chiffon Morning”: The New Yorker

“40 Days and 40 Nights”: The New Yorker

“Gravity and Center”: The New Yorker

“Gulls”: The New Yorker

“Homosexuality”: The New Yorker

“Myself with Cats”: The New Yorker

“Paper Dolls”: The New Yorker

“Pillowcase with Praying Mantis”: The New Yorker

“Poppies”: The New Yorker

“Radiant Ivory”: The New Yorker

“Self-portrait in a Gold Kimono”: The New Yorker

“Self-portrait with Red Eyes”: The New Yorker

“Snow Moon Flower”: The New Yorker

“To the Forty-third President”: The New Yorker

“The Tree Cutters”: The New Yorker

“Twilight”: The New Yorker

“White Spine”: The New Yorker

“You Come When I Call You”: The New Yorker

“Apollo”: The Paris Review

“Sycamores”: The Paris Review

“Une Lettre à New York”: The Paris Review

“To Sleep”: Ploughshares

“Father’s Jewelry Box”: Poetry

“A Half-life”: Poetry

“The Roman Baths at Nîmes”: Provincetown Arts

“Beach Walk”: Salmagundi

“Toxicology”: Salmagundi

“Oil & Steel”: The Threepenny Review

“Apostasy”: The Yale Review

“The Hare”: The Yale Review

“The Minimum Circus”: The Yale Review

“Shaving”: The Yale Review