The Waiting

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments Grateful acknowledgments to the following journals in which some of these poems, sometimes in a different form, first appeared: Interim, “I am inside this flag”; Colorado Review, “Wing for unaware”; Verse, “Still life with weave”; Turbine, “Nocturne 1,” “Nocturne 2,” and “Nocturne 3”; and the Antioch Review, “Through my chest, where were you.” All italicized text in “Getting ready for time” is taken from William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying. Many thanks to Don Revell, Claudia Keelan, Reginald Shepherd, Carrie Bennett, Lilly Roberts, Ian Stansel, Jen Blair, my fantastic parents, and the various manifestations of the Java House poetry group for their encouragement and readership. Special thanks to Scott Christian Hage, whose unfaltering support keeps me alive and well. For his generous financial support, thank you, Glenn Schaeffer. A million thanks to Rachel Beck, whose careful eye and ear has helped in making these poems what they are. And to Mark Levine: my unending gratitude. ...