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Table of Contents
From the Book
Preface / Robert Creeley
Listening to Distant Drums
Childhood's End
Poem ("Some are too much at home in the role of wanderer")
Too Easy: to Write of Miracles
The Earthwoman and the Waterwoman
The Marriage
The Marriage (II)
Laying the Dust
Everything that Acts Is Natural
Overland to the Islands
The Instant
Illustrious Ancestors
Action
Merritt Parkway
With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads
Pleasures
To the Snake
Obsessions
The Dead
Terror
A Common Ground
Come into Animal Presence
A Map of the Western Part of the County of Essex in England
Three Meditations
The Jacob's Ladder
The Tulips
During the Eichmann Trial: "When We Look Up"
The Ache of Marriage
Song for Ishtar
Claritas
The Secret
September 1961
O Taste and See
Eros at Temple Stream
The Stone-Carver's Poem
The Disclosure
About Marriage
The Prayer
Hypocrite Women
In Mind
The Wings
Joy
Annuals
The Mutes
The Cat as Cat
Living
A Lamentation
Olga Poems
The Closed World
Second Didactic Poem
Life at War
To Speak
Bedtime
Relearning the Alphabet
The Broken Sandal
The Cold Spring
At David's Grave
What Wild Dawns There Were
July 1968
A Cloak
A Tree Telling of Orpheus
Advent 1966
Tenebrae
"Staying Alive"
i. At the Justice Department November 15, 1969
ii. Gandhi's Gun (and Brecht's Vow)
Entr'acte 'Let Us Sing Unto the Lord a New Song'
Love Poem
3 a.m., September 1, 1969
The Wanderer
The Old King
Memories of John Keats
To Antonio Machado
The Life Around Us
Living Alone (I)
Living Alone (II)
Living Alone (III)
Divorcing
Libation
Prayer for Revolutionary Love
The Freeing of the Dust
The Woman
The Life of Others
A Woman Alone
Chekhov on the West Heath
The 90th Year
A Soul-Cake
Talking to Grief
Wedding-Ring
Talking to Oneself
Poet and Person
The Dragon-fly Mother
Candles in Babylon
Williams: An Essay
Mass for the Day of St. Thomas Didymus
Beginners
Concurrence
She and the Muse
Decipherings
The Avowal
St. Peter and the Angel
The Antiphon
Of Being
" ... That Passeth All Understanding"
The Servant Girl at Emmaus
"I learned that her name was Proverb"
Hunting the Phoenix
The Spirits Appeased
Caedmon
Making Peace
During a Song's Dangerous Illness
On a Theme from Julian's Chapter XX
The Showings: Lady Julian of Norwich, 1342-1416)
Variation and Reflection on a Theme by Rilke (The Book of Hours, Book 1, Poem 7)
Annuniciation
Braiding
Flickering Mind
The Love of Morning
Wings in the Pedlar's Pack
St. Thomas Didymus
The Life of Art
To Rilke
A Traveler
A Woodcut
Web
Ikon: The Harrowing of Hell
Suspended
Settling
Elusive
Effacement
Presence
Open Secret
For Bet
Flowers of Sophia
Evening Train
Witness
Salvador Mundi: Via Crucis
What Harbinger?
Le Motif
In Question
The Mystery of Deep Candor
Sojourns in the Parallel World
The Change
For Those Whom the Gods Love Less
Conversion of Brother Lawrence
Pentimento
Sands of the Well
Primary Wonder
Crow Spring
In Whom We Live and Move and Have Our Being
Celebration
First Love
Roast Potatoes
The mountain's daily speech is silence
Once Only
The Metier of Blossoming
Enduring Love
Afterword / Paul A. Lacey.
From the Book
Early and Uncollected Poems --
Listening to Distant Drums 1 --
Double Image (1946) --
Childhood's End 1 --
Poem ("Some are too much at home in the role of wanderer") 2 --
Too Easy: to Write of Miracles 3 --
Here and Now (1957) --
Earthwoman and the Waterwoman 4 --
Marriage 4 --
Marriage (II) 5 --
Laying the Dust 5 --
Everything that Acts Is Natural 6 --
Overland to the Islands (1958) --
Overland to the Islands 7 --
Instant 7 --
Illustrious Ancestors 8 --
Action 8 --
Merritt Parkway 10 --
With Eyes at the Back of our Heads (1960) --
Pleasures 13 --
To the Snake 14 --
Obsessions 14 --
Dead 15 --
Terror 15 --
Jacob's Ladder (1961) --
A Common Ground 16 --
Come into Animal Presence 19 --
A Map of the Western Part of the County of Essex in England 20 --
Three Meditations 22 --
Jacob's Ladder 25 --
Tulips 26 --
During the Eichmann Trial: "When We Look Up" 27 --
O Taste and See (1964) --
Ache of Marriage 30 --
Song for Ishtar 30 --
Claritas 31 --
Secret 33 --
September 1961 34 --
O Taste and See 36 --
Eros at Temple Stream 37 --
Stone-Carver's Poem 38 --
Disclosure 38 --
About Marriage 39 --
Prayer 40 --
Hypocrite Women 42 --
In Mind 43 --
Sorrow Dance (1967) --
Wings 44 --
Joy 46 --
Annuals 49 --
Mutes 50 --
Cat as Cat 51 --
Living 52 --
A Lamentation 53 --
Olga Poems 54 --
Closed World 62 --
Second Didactic Poem 62 --
Life at War 64 --
To Speak 65 --
Bedtime 66 --
Relearning the Alphabet (1970) --
Broken Sandal 77 --
Cold Spring 78 --
At David's Grave 82 --
What Wild Dawns There Were 83 --
July 1968 84 --
A Cloak 85 --
A Tree Telling of Orpheus 86 --
To Stay Alive (1971) --
Advent 1966 91 --
Tenebrae 92 --
"Staying Alive" (excerpts) 93 --
i. At the Justice Department November 15, 1969 93 --
ii. Gandhi's Gun (and Brecht's Vow) 94 --
Entr'acte 'Let Us Sing Unto the Lord a New Song' 96 --
Footprints (1972) --
Love Poem 97 --
3 a.m., September 1, 1969 98 --
Wanderer 98 --
Old King 99 --
Memories of John Keats 100 --
To Antonio Machado 101 --
Life Around Us 101 --
Freeing of the Dust (1975) --
Living Alone (I) 102 --
Living Alone (II) 103 --
Living Alone (III) 103 --
Divorcing 104 --
Libation 105 --
Prayer for Revolutionary Love 106 --
Freeing of the Dust 107 --
Woman 108 --
Life of Others 109 --
Life in the Forest (1978) --
A Woman Alone 110 --
Chekhov on the West Heath 112 --
90th Year 117 --
A Soul-Cake 118 --
Talking to Grief 120 --
Wedding-Ring 121 --
Candles in Babylon (1982) --
Talking to Oneself 122 --
Poet and Person 124 --
Dragon-fly Mother 125 --
Candles in Babylon 128 --
Williams: An Essay 128 --
Mass for the Day of St. Thomas Didymus 130 --
Beginners 137 --
Concurrence 138 --
She and the Muse 139 --
Oblique Prayers (1984) --
Decipherings 140 --
Avowal 142 --
St. Peter and the Angel 143 --
Antiphon 144 --
Of Being 144 --
" ... That Passeth All Understanding" 145 --
Breathing the Water (1987) --
Servant Girl at Emmaus 146 --
"I learned that her name was Proverb" 146 --
Hunting the Phoenix 147 --
Spirits Appeased 148 --
Caedmon 149 --
Making Peace 150 --
During a Son's Dangerous Illness 151 --
On a Theme from Julian's Chapter XX 152 --
Showings: Lady Julian of Norwich, 1342-1416) 154 --
Variation and Reflection on a Theme by Rilke (The Book of Hours, Book I, Poem 7) 161 --
A Door in the Hive (1989) --
Annuniciation 162 --
Braiding 164 --
Flickering Mind 165 --
Love of Morning 166 --
Wings in the Pedlar's Pack 167 --
St. Thomas Didymus 168 --
Life of Art 171 --
To Rilke 172 --
A Traveler 172 --
A Woodcut 173 --
Web 174 --
Ikon: The Harrowing of Hell 174 --
Evening Train (1992) --
Suspended 176 --
Settling 176 --
Elusive 177 --
Effacement 177 --
Presence 178 --
Open Secret 178 --
For Bet 179 --
Flowers of Sophia 179 --
Evening Train 180 --
Witness 181 --
Salvador Mundi: Via Crucis 182 --
Sands of the Well (1998) --
What Harbinger? 183 --
Le Motif 183 --
In Question 184 --
Mystery of Deep Candor 184 --
Sojourns in the Parallel World 185 --
Change 186 --
For Those Whom the Gods Love Less 187 --
Conversion of Brother Lawrence 188 --
Pentimento 190 --
Sands of the Well 191 --
Primary Wonder 192 --
Crow Spring 193 --
In Whom We Live and Move and Have Our Being 194 --
This Great Unknowing: Last Poems (1999) --
Celebration 194 --
First Love 195 --
Roast Potatoes 197 --
Mountain's daily speech is silence 199 --
Once Only 199 --
Metier of Blossoming 200 --
Enduring Love 202.
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