Claiming Kin

Contents

C O N T E N T S I Tropics At the Edge of Winter Animal Study Black Widow The Heart is the Target Delilah Preparation Snakeskin Southern Artifact American at Auschwitz Stork Suicides Dialogue: Poetics Song r: _ __ r I I Farm Wife "The Wife Takes a Child" The Handmaiden Gathering Birthday Sestina 31 32 33 34 36 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 26 27 Damage House The Letter April, 1945 The Waning Moon Executioner The Victim The Burial The Marriage The Birth The Drowned Man Harvest The Quickening The Visit All Souls' Day I I I Claiming Kin Sister The Hen The Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin 38 39 44 45 49 50 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 This page intentionally left blank ...