Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Axis Mundi
4. Debut 2
5. On Rural Route #7 4
6. Veranda 6
7. A Backyard Map 7
8. Axis Mundi 9
9. August 10
10. Field-Crossing 12
11. Soundings
12. Trans-Canada 14
13. Spain 16
14. Soundings 17
15. The Desert
16. Rain 36
17. The War Against Television 37
18. Little Boys 39
19. Desert Sonnets 40
20. Marquez 43
21. Um 44
22. Storm Still
23. This Photograph 46
24. Vancouver November 47
25. A Half-Remembered Year 49
26. Floorboards 51
27. February Divorce 53
28. December, 6 A.M. 54
29. Chinese Quince 55
30. Friction 56
31. Laminar Flow 57
32. Ikime-Jinja 58
33. Vanishing Point 63
34. Fang 65
35. Omphalos 67
36. Return 69
37. Notes To The Poems 70
38. Acknowledgements 71