Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Biographical Note ix
5. Introduction xi
6. Pirate Story 1
7. Having a Word with Columbus: A Song for Ed Dyck 2
8. There is a World 3
9. Tourist from Toronto 4
10. Are we there yet? 6
11. as the flowers see them 7
12. Stone Hammer Poem 8
13. Taste 13
14. Projected Visit 14
15. Spring Harvest 15
16. Lonesome Writer Diptych 17
17. Sydney 23
18. Wellington, New Zealand 24
19. Delphi Commentary 25
20. Keyed In 44
21. Sketches of a Lemon 45
22. it is a matter of winter 50
23. The Lost Narrative of Mrs. David Thompson (Edited by Robert Kroetsch) 51
24. Ten Simple Questions for David Thompson (Recorded by Robert Kroetsch) 55
25. Late April? 1991 57
26. April 29–May 4, 1991 59
27. November 9, 1983: For Robert Hilles 61
28. Nation in Peril 62
29. Sub-text 63
30. [hornbook #99] 64
31. [hornbook #84] 65
32. [hornbook #61] 66
33. [hornbook #4] 67
34. [hornbook #44] 68
35. [hornbook for a young poet] 70
36. [the inspiration hornbook] 71
37. Man in the Moon 72
38. I’m Getting Old Now 73
39. Sounding the Name 74
40. Sonnet #5 75
41. Afterword 77
42. Further Reading 87
43. Acknowledgements 89
44. Books in the Laurier Poetry Series 91