CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. Introduction 1
5. World's Shoulder, Turning 3
6. The Ford 4
7. Crossing On Cables 5
8. Constructing The River 6
9. Just Rain 7
10. Tree Of Babel 8
11. A Wash Of Words 10
12. Clear Winter 11
13. River Within/Without 13
14. Winds Of These Times 14
15. Like A Body In The River 15
16. The Sense Of Light 16
17. When The Night Falls 17
18. Miles To Go 18
19. The Snow's Code 19
20. The Text Of The Sun 21
21. River Sequence 23
22. In Sight Of The Self 24
23. The Hard Role 26
24. Glassed By The Cold 28
25. Buzzard's Roost 29
26. An Orphaned Voice 31
27. Late February 32
28. House Of Seasons 33
29. The Sun's Tone 34
30. The Other, Nature 35
31. The Water-Machine 36
32. The Sex Of Divinity 37
33. Light Beyond Thought 38
34. Out Of My Circle 39
35. Prayer for My Son 41
36. The Corridor 42
37. Observing The Sun 44
38. The Bison 46
39. Bridge Back Toward The South 49
40. Driving Toward Cairo 50
41. Rivers 51
42. The Self, That Dark Star 52
43. Riding The Thunder 53
44. Thin Air On A Winter Day 54
45. The Consciousness-Glass 56
46. The Powerline Cut 57
47. Sleeping With Stars And Bulbs, Time And Its Signs 58
48. Princeton Series Of Contemporary Poets 61