Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication v
3. Epigraph vii
4. Contents viii
5. Part I: Roots
6. Falling Blossoms 1
7. His Cap 4
8. That 5
9. From 6
10. The Sound Barrier 7
11. Sartre’s Eye 8
12. His Dreams 9
13. Swath 10
14. Tick 11
15. The Pledge 12
16. Helicopter Ride 13
17. Interrogation 14
18. Obit 15
19. Part II: Begats
20. Newborn 19
21. The Seed 20
22. Iris Innominata 21
23. Naming 22
24. Likeness 23
25. Grace 24
26. Palenque 25
27. Daycare 26
28. Fugue for Josie 27
29. Anna’s Horses 28
30. The Heavenly Ladder 29
31. Ark 30
32. Auto Zoo 31
33. Clearcut 32
34. Captivity 33
35. The Ocean 34
36. Why 35
37. Snail 36
38. Part III: Impersonations
39. Ovid 39
40. Lorenzo Lotto 40
41. Dürer’s Pillow 41
42. Joseph of Copertino 42
43. John Chapman 43
44. Louis Braille 44
45. Diary of Agnes Stewart 45
46. Frontier Clockmaker 46
47. Joseph Mason 47
48. Bailey at Sea 48
49. Oz 49
50. Heinrich Müller 50
51. Janis Joplin 51
52. Apparition 52
53. Part IV: Birdman
54. Epigraph 54
55. Birdman 55
56. Part V: Weeds
57. The Heart 67
58. Reconciliation 68
59. Shoo 69
60. Billiards After the Service 70
61. Truck 71
62. This Being 72
63. Ten Reasons to Dread the Wind 73
64. Restoration 74
65. Whim 75
66. The Gift 76
67. Nearly Asleep I Remember 77
68. Switchyard 78
69. Parachute 79
70. Home 80
71. It Wasn’t That 81
72. Acknowledgments 83
73. About the Poet 85
74. A Note on the Type 86