Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v
3. CONTENTS vi
4. A DRINK AT THE MIRAGE
5. Pony Penning Day 3
6. The Cutting of Nijinsky’s Feet 5
7. Ice Sculptures 6
8. The Woman in Ice 8
9. Roadside Statuary 9
10. In Central Park 11
11. Spectacles: A Late Spring 13
12. At Brunch We Entertain the Notion of the Perfect Place to Live 15
13. Outside a Milton Avery Exhibit 16
14. ARTIST’S PROOF
15. Total Eclipse 19
16. Next 20
17. Another Figurescape 21
18. “Blind Minotaur Guided by a Little Girl in the Night” 22
19. Artist’s Proof 24
20. Primitive Examples 26
21. MAKING SCENES
22. Hidden Pictures 31
23. What’s Wrong With This Picture? 34
24. Story Problem 36
25. July 37
26. Precipitation 38
27. November 39
28. The Same River Twice 40
29. Calling Into Question 42
30. November, Again 43
31. Freeway Flowers 44
32. December, The Botanical Gardens 46
33. COLD SUITOURS
34. Our Places at the Table 49
35. The Age When Parents Don’t Need Reasons 50
36. Vivarium 51
37. Circling Columbus 53
38. A Family Tree 54
39. Notes Through the Winter 55
40. The Fire Pond 57
41. In Exchange for Wood 59
42. Driving Past Morocco, Indiana 62
43. Strand 64
44. PRINCETON SERIES OF CONTEMPORARY POETS 66
45. Backmatter 67