Biographical Note

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Biographical Note viii
5. The Trees Are Full of Rings ix
6. Beldam 1
7. Angels 2
8. Summer Job: Hospital Morgue 3
9. Summer-Piece 4
10. The Sacrifice 5
11. Sunrise at Sea Level 6
12. One for an Apparition 7
13. A Netherpoem 8
14. Sub Rosa 9
15. Snowbound Letter 11
16. Visiting the Grandmother 13
17. At Daybreak a Hairsbreadth Turns to Blue 14
18. Hammerstroke 16
19. Hammerstroke II 17
20. Dangerous Words 18
21. Looking for a Destination 20
22. The Sleepers 21
23. Love Poem on the Sabbath 23
24. A Perfect Forehead 25
25. The Ape of God 26
26. The God of Folding 28
27. Excathedra 30
28. Fata Morgana 31
29. Epiphany Under Thunderclouds 33
30. Before the Plague and the Breaking of Fingers 35
31. Lethean Lock Mnemonic Key 37
32. He Leans Homeward 39
33. House 41
34. Taking the Train to Fredericton 43
35. The Passageway 44
36. Walking Away 46
37. What the Bestiary Said 48
38. Sentient Beings 49
39. Sleep's Ova 50
40. Banns 52
41. Afterword 53
42. Acknowledgements 59
43. Books in the Laurier Poetry Series 62