Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Note to Readers vii
4. the mother tongue licked me into being 1
5. that mare sometimes appeared 2
6. l’eau se fait calme quelquefois 3
7. now silent becomes listen 4
8. have I attended the birds 5
9. la montagne reflète la blessure 6
10. swallows light in the open 7
11. what kind of quest is this 8
12. I like having nothing 9
13. guest bed 10
14. on this green live languages graze 11
15. morning in a fog 12
16. I still believe in the dark work of idleness 13
17. call it harvest 14
18. this heart of summer gleams 15
19. who is the girl I push so high 16
20. qui est la fille que je pousse si haut 17
21. messy eater 18
22. our young register damage in radiant flesh 19
23. je quitte la maison d’être en plein vent du ciel 20
24. unhinged I left the house to wind 21
25. in my sickness the sky kept spinning 22
26. what it means to be reduced 23
27. space is not matter 24
28. the poor hide what they can 25
29. who cooks for you awwwlll 26
30. ribs were the first rafters 27
31. your hand opens to wave 28
32. dark was the night cold was the ground 29
33. the stone vault singing 30
34. la chapelle en pierre chantant 31
35. that light out of darkness may rise 32
36. over your cities the grasses will grow 33
37. an artist’s best friend is time boredom sway 37
38. is art the idling silence 38
39. à l’art aigu de roche et ange 39
40. merci pour ces très belles ratures 40
41. thank you for your very beautiful cross-outs 41
42. why everything beautiful hurts 42
43. pourquoi toutes les belles choses piquent 43
44. lost in lit screens the readers with their books 44
45. look back at me my love belong here 45
46. last goose 46
47. dernière oie 47
48. a deficiency hollows places 48
49. out of nowhere snow 49
50. paper white 50
51. a stiff wind makes them more beautiful 51
52. la mort n’a pas arasé l’espérance de la neige 52
53. death has not eroded hope of snow 53
54. I seek the cold mountain spring 54
55. je cherche le motif glacé 55
56. to knock with gentle barbarism 56
57. trouver la porte frapper entrer 57
58. des herbes folles 58
59. wild grasses 59
60. the white flame sank offering only the gesture 60
61. ôté de la flamme elle lisait fumait 61
62. le vent s’arrache de la langue maternelle exprime tout 62
63. wind wrenches free her tongue 63
64. every being constitutes a probe employed in a new direction 64
65. Acknowledgments 67
66. Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets 69