Leaving the Mainland

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xi
5. 1-800-THE-LOST 3
6. The Rescue 4
7. What the Neighbors Heard 5
8. Amber Alert 7
9. Mandatum 9
10. Apology 10
11. On the Proper Care of Orchids 11
12. The Retrieval 12
13. Museum 13
14. Lullab y for Her Brother 14
15. Kaleidoscope 16
16. On Recognizing Saints 17
17. Morning Offering 19
18. The Golden Bough 20
19. At the Grieving Parents Meeting 22
20. Demeter’s S ide 24
21. Snow Globe 25
22. The Rape of Chryssipus 27
23. I See You 28
24. River of Forgetfulness 29
25. Bingo Night for Missing and Exploited Children 31
26. A Glass of Absinthe 32
27. Catharsis 33
28. The Boy ’s Lament 35
29. Little Fits 36
30. Mythology 39
31. Mother’s Day 40
32. Requiem 42
33. Song of Daphnis 43
34. Loose Ends 44
35. Sanriku 46
36. Teac hing the Trag edies 47
37. Girl at Piano 48
38. Oaths, Curses, Blessings 50
39. Melville ’s Reader 51
40. Joseph Dreams Two Dreams 52
41. Leaving the Mainland 55
42. The Ventriloquist 56
43. Songs of the Immortals 57
44. The Eviction 58
45. The Arrangement 59
46. Aubade 61
47. The Lame God 62
48. Against Elegies 64
49. Acknowledgments 66
50. About the Author 67
51. The May Swenson Poetry Award 68