CONTENTS
NEW POEMS
ODD BLOCKS
THE EDGES OF TIME
BAIT GOAT
TRAIN-TRACK FIGURE
WE’RE BUILDING THE SHIP AS WE SAIL IT
VIRGA
DOGLEG
CLOUD
LEDGE
STATIONS
REPETITION
THE PHARAOHS
PENTIMENTI
BITTER PILL
POLISH AND BALM
RETROACTIVE
GALÁPAGO
FINISH
SHIFT
EASTER ISLAND
CUT OUT FOR IT
SPIDERWEB
STILL LIFE WITH LEMONS, ORANGES AND A ROSE
AFTER ZENO
FLAMINGO WATCHING 1994
FLAMINGO WATCHING
THIS LIFE
EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS
EVERY PAINTING BY CHAGALL
THE TABLES FREED
LEAVING SPACES
PERIPHERY
THE MOCK RUIN
IS IT MODEST?
THE THINGS OF THE WORLD
EMPTINESS
SLANT
APOLOGY
VACATION
A CERTAIN KIND OF EDEN
NO REST FOR THE IDLE
THE NARROW PATH
WHEN FISHING FAILS
SAY IT STRAIGHT
GLASS SLIPPERS
HOW SUCCESSFUL CAN SHE AFFORD TO BE?
REPETITION
LES NATURES PROFONDEMENT BONNES SONT TOUJOURS INDÉCISES
SO DIFFERENT
HALF A LOAF
SOFT
SPRING
I MARVELED AT HOW GENERALLY I WAS AIDED
IMPERSONAL
A CERTAIN MEANNESS OF CULTURE
THE TEST WE SET OURSELF
FORCE
MINERS’ CANARIES
THE HINGE OF SPRING
DEER
SHEEP IN WOLVES’ CLOTHING
SNAKE CHARM
THE PALM AT THE END OF THE MIND
POETRY IS A KIND OF MONEY
PERSIFLAGE
MASTERWORKS OF MING
BREAST BIRDS
PAIRED THINGS
OSPREY
TURTLE
ELEPHANT ROCKS 1996
LIVING WITH STRIPES
DOUBT
MIRAGE OASES
CIRQUE
CHEMISTRY
THAT VASE OF LILACS
CONNECTIONS
DEW
LACQUER ARTIST
ALL SHALL BE RESTORED
FULL MEASURE
STARS OF BETHLEHEMS
CRIB
BESTIARY
HOW BIRDS SING
HOW A THOUGHT THINKS
INTENTION
IF THE MOON HAPPENED ONCE
NEW CLOTHES
SIMPLY BY GROWING LARGER
TO THE YOUNG ANGLERFISH
CRUSTACEAN ISLAND
IMAGINARY ESKIMOS
OUTSIDER ART
CAUGHT
LES PETITES CONFITURES
WHY ISN’T IT ALL MORE MARKED
WITNESS
LEARNING
APOGEE
AGAINST GRAVITY
LACUNAE
INTRANSIGENCE
AGE
COUNSEL
INSULT
SILENCE
A CAT/A FUTURE
HOPE
LOSSES
THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
HER POLITENESS
BAD PATCH
SWEPT UP WHOLE
ANY MORNING
RELIEF
PART MIDAS
THE WOMAN WHO WROTE TOO MUCH
SONNET TO SPRING
A PLAIN ORDINARY STEEL NEEDLE CAN FLOAT ON PURE WATER
DISTANCE
THE VESSEL AND THE CUP
WOODEN
THE SECOND
HEAT
POETRY IN TRANSLATION
IF SHE ONLY HAD ONE MINUTE
ELEPHANT ROCKS
SAY UNCLE 2000
SAY UNCLE
CORNERS
STAR BLOCK
MOCKINGBIRD
A HUNDRED BOLTS OF SATIN
THE EXCLUDED ANIMALS
BLANDEUR
COMPOSITION
PATIENCE
COMING AND GOING
NOTHING VENTURED
THAT WILL TO DIVEST
WINTER FEAR
GRAZING HORSES
WASTE
FORGETTING
THE FOURTH WISE MAN
BEASTS
GAPS
THE FABRIC OF LIFE
HELP
THE PASS
THE PIECES THAT FALL TO EARTH
DON’T LOOK BACK
IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE THE DAWN
BLUNT
DIAMONDS
HERRING
THE SILENCE ISLANDS
CHESHIRE
YESES
GREAT THOUGHTS
TEST
CROWN
BAD DAY
AMONG ENGLISH VERBS
LIME LIGHT
WHY WE MUST STRUGGLE
DROPS IN THE BUCKET
THE JOB
DUTCH
CHEMISE
DEFERRED SILENCE
ATTENTION
FAILURE
MATRIGUPTA
WEAKNESS AND DOUBT
FAILURE 2
TWO MORE, AND UP GOES THE DONKEY
WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE
YOUR FACE WILL STICK
AND ALL BECOMES AS BEFORE
THE NIAGARA RIVER 2005
THE NIAGARA RIVER
HOME TO ROOST
CARRYING A LADDER
SHARKS’ TEETH
WEAK FORCES
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
A BALL ROLLS ON A POINT
THE BEST OF IT
CHINESE FOOT CHART
SHIPWRECK
THE OTHER SHOE
ATLAS
HE LIT A FIRE WITH ICICLES
RATS’ TAILS
ADDED SIGNIFICANCE
CHOP
FELIX CROW
DESERT RESERVOIRS
HAILSTORM
EXPECTATIONS
GREEN HILLS
RUBBING LAMPS
TENDERNESS AND ROT
TAR BABIES
TIRED BLOOD
THEFT
IDEAL AUDIENCE
CAPS
THIN
STARDUST
BLUE CHINA DOORKNOB
SALVAGE
THE LIGHT OF INTERIORS
THINGS SHOULDN’T BE SO HARD
THE PAST
REVERSE DRAMA
FAKE SPOTS
LEGERDEMAIN
HIDE AND SEEK
POST-CONSTRUCTION
LEAST ACTION
CHART
NO NAMES
THE MATERIAL
THE WELL OR THE CUP
LATE JUSTICE
BACKWARD MIRACLE
GREEN BEHIND THE EARS
THIEVES
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPING
TUNE
INDEX