Silence in the Snowy Fields: Poems

CONTENTS

C O N T E N T S Eleven Poems of Solitude THREE KINDS OF PLEASURES 11 RETURN TO SOLITUDE 12 WAKING FROM SLEEP 13 HUNTING PHEASANTS IN A CORNFIELD 14 SURPRISED BY EVENING 15 THINKING OF WALLACE STEVENS ON THE FIRST SNOWY DAY IN DECEMBER 16 SUNSET AT A LAKE 17 FALL 18 APPROACHING WINTER 19 DRIVING TOWARD THE LAC QUI PARLE RIVER 20 POEM IN THREE PARTS 21 Awakening UNREST 25 AWAKENING 26 POEM AGAINST THE RICH 27 POEM AGAINST THE BRITISH 28 WHERE WE MUST LOOK FOR HELP 29 REMEMBERING IN OSLO THE OLD PICTURE OF THE MAGNA CARTA 30 SUMMER, 1960, MINNESOTA 31 WITH PALE WOMEN IN MARYLAND 32 DRIVING THROUGH OHIO 33 AT THE FUNERAL OF GREAT-AUNT MARY 34 ON THE FERRY ACROSS CHESAPEAKE BAY 35 A MAN WRITES TO A PART OF HIMSELF 36 DEPRESSION 37 DRIVING TO TOWN LATE TO MAIL A LETTER 38 GETTING UP EARLY 39 A LATE SPRING DAY IN MY LIFE 40 LOVE POEM 41 "TAKING THE HANDS" 42 AFTERNOON SLEEP 43 IMAGES SUGGESTED BY MEDIEVAL MUSIC 44 SOLITUDE LATE AT NIGHT IN THE WOODS 45 WATERING THE HORSE 46 IN A TRAIN 47 Silence on the Roads AFTER WORKING 51 THE CLEAR AIR OF OCTOBER 52 LAZINESS AND SILENCE 53 SEPTEMBER NIGHT WITH AN OLD HORSE 54 NIGHT 55 AFTER DRINKING ALL NIGHT WITH A FRIEND, WE GO OUT IN A BOAT AT DAWN TO SEE WHO CAN WRITE THE BEST POEM 56 OLD BOARDS 57 LATE AT NIGHT DURING A VISIT OF FRIENDS 58 SILENCE 59 SNOWFALL IN THE AFTERNOON 60 This page intentionally left blank ...