Contents
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
DEDICATION
FROM The Marble Queen (1986)
V-WINGED AND HOARY
HEART OF THE MONARCH
THE MARE
THE MARBLE QUEEN
FATHER’S JEWELRY BOX
FROM The Zoo Wheel of Knowledge (1989)
THE ANNULMENT
A HALF-LIFE
WHITE SHEETS
ASCENSION ON FIRE ISLAND
THE ZOO WHEEL OF KNOWLEDGE
FROM The Look of Things (1995)
THE PINK AND THE BLACK
PAPER DOLLS
40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS
THE ROMAN BATHS AT NÎMES
YOU COME WHEN I CALL YOU
THE MINIMUM CIRCUS
HARVARD CLASSICS
UNE LETTRE À NEW YORK
TARANTULA
BUDDHA AND THE SEVEN TIGER CUBS
APOSTASY
FROM The Visible Man (1998)
WHITE SPINE
ADAM DYING
From CHIFFON MORNING
THE COAST GUARD STATION
HORSES
BLACK MANE
From APOLLO
FROM Middle Earth (2003)
SELF-PORTRAIT IN A GOLD KIMONO
ICARUS BREATHING
THE HARE
KAYAKS
RADIANT IVORY
APE HOUSE, BERLIN ZOO
BLACK CAMELLIA
LANDSCAPE WITH DEER AND FIGURE
GREEN SHADE
MYSELF WITH CATS
PILLOWCASE WITH PRAYING MANTIS
ORIGINAL FACE
MASK
MY TEA CEREMONY
SELF-PORTRAIT AS THE RED PRINCESS
OLYMPIA
SNOW MOON FLOWER
BLUR
FROM Blackbird and Wolf (2007)
SYCAMORES
MIMOSA SENSITIVA
GULLS
OIL & STEEL
TWILIGHT
TO SLEEP
THE TREE CUTTERS
SELF-PORTRAIT WITH HORNETS
GRAVITY AND CENTER
AMERICAN KESTREL
HOMOSEXUALITY
POPPIES
BOWL OF LILACS
SHAVING
MY WEED
SELF-PORTRAIT WITH RED EYES
BEACH WALK
DEAD WREN
TO THE FORTY-THIRD PRESIDENT
DUNE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ALSO BY HENRI COLE
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