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Index
Cover
Title Page
Note to the Reader
Dedication
Contents
from Sure Signs: 1980
Selecting a Reader
First Snow
An Old Photograph
The Constellation Orion
The Salesman
Old Soldiers’ Home
Fort Robinson
How to Foretell a Change in the Weather
Snow Fence
In an Old Apple Orchard
After the Funeral: Cleaning Out the Medicine Cabinet
Carrie
For a Friend
Five P.M.
Abandoned Farmhouse
At the Bait Stand
The Widow Lester
The Red Wing Church
from One World at a Time: 1985
Flying at Night
In the Basement of the Goodwill Store
In January, 1962
Father
The Fan in the Window
Daddy Longlegs
Goodbye
Laundry
Ladder
Walking at Noon near the Burlington Depot in Lincoln, Nebraska
At Nightfall
Cleaning a Bass
A Letter
The Voyager 2 Satellite
As the President Spoke
The Urine Specimen
Porch Swing in September
from The Blizzard Voices: 1986
Eighteen eighty-eight, a Thursday
Father and I had pulled the pump up
My maiden name was Hanna
Depending where on the plains
I was an Ohio girl
Corn was at twelve cents a bushel
In all my years I never saw
So go the old stories
from Weather Central: 1994
Étude
A Finding
An Elegy
Snakeskin
A Letter in October
Four Secretaries
Shoes
City Limits
Site
Surveyors
Another Story
Five-Finger Exercise
Sparklers
Old Dog in March
The Great-Grandparents
Weather Central
from Winter Morning Walks: One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison: 2000
Epigraph
November 9
November 10
November 12
November 18
November 29
December 2
December 14
December 20
December 22
January 5
January 7
January 12
January 17
January 19
January 31
February 16
February 18
March 2
March 7
March 12
March 20
from Delights & Shadows: 2004
Walking on Tiptoe
At the Cancer Clinic
Gyroscope
A Rainy Morning
Mourners
Skater
Mother
A Jar of Buttons
Dishwater
Applesauce
Father
Pearl
Telescope
A Washing of Hands
After Years
from Valentines: 2008
A Heart of Gold
Barn Owl
Song of the Ironing Board
For You, Friend
A Map of the World
This Paper Boat
from Splitting an Order: 2014
Splitting an Order
Bad News
Swinging from Parents
At Arby’s, at Noon
Changing Drivers
Two
Opossum
A Visitant at Five A.M.
A Jonathan in Spring
Sundial
Lantern
A Mouse in a Trap
Zinc Lid
At a Kitchen Table
A Morning in Early Spring
Sleep Apnea
Deep Winter
New Moon
Painting the Barn
Awakening
from At Home: 2017
Road Kill
Locust Trees in Late May
The Sick Bat
Croquet Ball
Barred Owl
Nine Wild Turkeys
A Walk with My Dog
Meteor Shower
New Poems: 1
Sewing Machine
Putz
Memorial Day
A Bottle Collection
The Clipper Ship
Blackout
Goldfish
A Color Slide
Post Office
Ames By-Products
Helmet
By Flowing Water
An Antique Teacup
Parents
Death of a Dog
A Line in the Rain
2
A February Walk
In Early April
Roadside
Three Steps in the Grass
Snapping Turtle
A Summer Afternoon with Clouds
Nash
A Marriage
An Appearance
Walking in Fog beside a Lake
The Constellation
Turning Up the Thermostat
A Yellow Rope
Hoarfrost
Moon Shadows
December Morning
3
A Man on a Bridge
Arabesque
On a Windy Day
People We Will Never See Again
Passing Through
Laundromat
Landing
Piano
Smoke Rings
Two by the Road
Richard
Brueghel: Hunters in the Snow
Firewood
Card Trick
Three Shadows
A Long Midwinter Walk
Waxer
Index of Titles
Index of First Lines
About the Author
Also by Ted Kooser
Notes and Acknowledgments
Copyright
Special thanks
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