Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Hurricane Station House 1
5. Aurora Borealis 2
6. Brown Bear 3
7. On Our Anniversary 4
8. Yellow Warblers 5
9. The Wolves of Denali 6
10. Baneberry 7
11. I Think Again of Those Ancient Chinese Poets 8
12. Winter Night 9
13. Clearing After Snow Over Mountains and River 10
14. Woodcut of a Crane 11
15. River Otters 12
16. Thinking of a Friend’s Cold Words 13
17. Snow 14
18. Strawberries 15
19. No Moon Tonight 16
20. Lilac 17
21. Grasses in the Marsh 18
22. Yet Another Poem About the Moon 19
23. Glacier 20
24. Mountain Spinach 21
25. Denali 22
26. Thinking of a Friend 23
27. August 24
28. To Wang Wei 25
29. An Empty Bowl 26
30. Arctic Char 27
31. Crossing a Marsh by Train 28
32. Watching Winter Light from Chulitna Butte 29
33. Morning Landscape, Early Spring 30
34. Coming Down from the Mountains into Mist 31
35. No Time for Metaphor 32
36. Ephemeral 33
37. Ermine 34
38. Leaving Again 35
39. Washington County, Maine 36
40. By Passamaquoddy Bay 37
41. Witch Hazel 38
42. Starlings 39
43. Late Afternoon 40
44. Robert Frost in Winter 41
45. Larch 42
46. Blackberries 43
47. Sedge Wren 44
48. Winterberry Holly 45
49. Tu Fu 46
50. House Sparrows 47
51. Decoy of a Snow Goose 48
52. Pasque Flower 49
53. Traveler’s Moon 50
54. Alder Thicket 51
55. Equinox 52
56. Su Tung P’o 53
57. Bohemian Waxwings 54
58. Liqueur 55
59. A Painting of the Poet Meng Hao Jan 56
60. For Frances Gramse, Age 3, on the Winter Solstice 57
61. Winter Landscape: 58
62. To Wang Wei After Reading a New Translation of His Poems 59