Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Biographical Note viii
5. Introduction ix
6. On Poetry and Profession
7. Functional Poetry: A Proposal 3
8. Theory of Art 11
9. What we Profess 12
10. Lesson 13
11. It Is An Art 14
12. Hellcats in Heaven 15
13. Kingston Conference 16
14. Poetry Reading 17
15. Line and Form 18
16. “Europe” at Sea 20
17. Poetry 21
18. Advice to a Young Poet 22
19. The Retired Professor 23
20. Old Books 24
21. Dedications and Intertexts
22. For E.P. 27
23. Kosmos: The Greek World 28
24. Emily Dickinson 29
25. James Reaney’s Dream Inside a Dream, or The Freudian Wish 30
26. Irving Layton’s Poem in Early Spring 31
27. Rich Man’s Paradise 32
28. Quebec Religious Hospital 33
29. Carman’s Last Home 34
30. Europe Without Baedecker 35
31. Tar and Feathers 36
32. Reply to Envious Arthur 38
33. The Progress of Satire 40
34. The Demolitions 41
35. A Note for Leonard Cohen 43
36. Tao 44
37. For Ron Everson 45
38. Proust 46
39. Homosexuality 47
40. For William Carlos Williams 48
41. Long Poems
42. From Europe 51
43. From En México 52
44. Afterword 57
45. Acknowledgements 63
46. lps Books in the Laurier Poetry Series 66