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