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- Hinge & Sign: Poems, 1968–1993
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- 1994
- Published by: Wesleyan University Press
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A renowned poet's artful collection.
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- after Rilke
- p. xvii
- New Poems (1987-1993)
- What He Thought
- pp. 3-4
- Acts of God
- pp. 5-6
- Window: Thing as Participle
- pp. 7-8
- Two-Legged
- p. 13
- My Shepherd
- pp. 17-18
- The Woman Who Laughed on Calvary
- pp. 20-22
- Some Kind of Pine
- pp. 27-28
- Numberless
- pp. 29-30
- Prothalamion
- pp. 34-35
- The Size of Spokane
- pp. 36-37
- Better or Worse
- pp. 39-40
- Two St. Petersburgs
- pp. 41-42
- White Mind and Roses
- pp. 43-44
- Scenes from a Death
- pp. 45-50
- 32 Adults (1990)
- pp. 51-62
- Uncollected Poems (1975-1986)
- Sebastian's Mirror
- p. 67
- Two Holidays
- pp. 73-74
- A Night in a World
- p. 75
- For a Sad God
- p. 76
- The Song Calls the Star Little
- pp. 77-78
- Kind of Poor
- p. 80
- For a Good Man
- p. 81
- Disappearee's Song
- p. 83
- To a Christian
- p. 87
- A Hurricane Can Cast
- p. 88
- Denomination
- p. 89
- Poems from Dangers (1968-1977)
- Spectacles
- p. 93
- Preferences
- p. 96
- In Praise of Pain
- p. 97
- To See the Light
- p. 100
- A Few Licks
- p. 101
- Tendencies
- p. 102
- Gig at Big Al's
- p. 103
- Double Agent
- pp. 108-109
- Reservation
- p. 114
- Against a Dark Field
- p. 115
- Debtor's Prison Road
- p. 116
- Solitary's Solace in the Natural Sciences
- pp. 119-120
- Poems from A World of Difference (1977-1981)
- Blue Streak
- p. 130
- Meaning Business
- p. 131
- Confessionist
- p. 132
- Impressionist
- pp. 133-134
- North Island Songs
- pp. 139-140
- Language Lesson 1976
- p. 141
- Toward an Understanding
- pp. 142-143
- The Nymph to Narcissus
- p. 147
- When the Future Is Black
- p. 148
- Poems from To the Quick (1981-1987)
- Four Poems after Rilke
- pp. 153-154
- The Amenities
- pp. 155-156
- The Trouble with "In"
- pp. 159-160
- Spot in Space and Time
- pp. 161-162
- I Knew I'd Sing
- p. 163
- Constructive
- p. 164
- To God or Man
- p. 165
- Bear in English
- pp. 166-167
- Animal Song
- p. 168
- What Could Hold Us
- pp. 170-171
- Point of Origin
- p. 172
- To the Quick
- p. 173
- Bar and Grill
- p. 174
- What Poems Are For
- p. 179
- The Matter Over
- p. 180
- Poems from Shades (1981-1988)
- 20-200 on 747
- pp. 184-185
- What Hell Is
- pp. 186-187
- Unspeakable
- pp. 188-190
- The Lyricist's Lament
- p. 192
- The Oven Loves the TV Set
- pp. 193-194
- Who Made Her
- pp. 195-196
- Earthmoving Malediction
- p. 197
- Hole Filler
- p. 198
- To Have To
- p. 200
- Melted Money
- p. 205
- Place Where Things Got
- pp. 209-210
- Round Time
- pp. 211-212
- Thought of Night
- p. 214
- From 20,000 Feet
- pp. 215-216
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 217-219
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ISBN
9780819572127
Related ISBN(s)
9780819522139
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OCLC
48138145
Pages
237
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2012-01-01
Language
English
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