Pause, Traveler

Contents

Contents I. New York Echo Canal Street 15 New York Echo 16 Atlantic Avenue Idyll 17 Edge 18 Salvage on the Lower East Side 20 Delay 21 Tricks on Hudson Street 22 Spring 23 Chelsea 24 II. Family Portraits Kindergarten, 1969 27 Playground 28 Family Reunion 30 Story to Improve Behavior 32 Mother and Daughter Watching 34 Drift 35 Family Portraits 36 His Barn 37 III. Covering the Distance Looking 41 Nowhere 42 Little Gem 43 Truck Stop, Route 81 44 Circus World Museum 46 Corn Palace 47 Prairie Dog Town 48 Reconstruction Arc 49 Covering the Distance 50 IV. Cusp Cusp 53 The Lesson 54 Mud Season 55 Fortune Teller 56 Tashlikh 57 If it rains all summer 58 In Love with the Garbage Men 60 Devotional 62 The Week of Coprinus Comatus 64 The Sounds of Things Falling 65 Practice 66 V. Pause, Traveler Sandhill Cranes 69 Early Frost 70 Way of a Wave 71 The Way We Do It Here 72 Wolf Moon 73 Meditation on the Old Year 74 January Shallows 75 Iceworm Festival 76 Roe on Kelp 78 Pause, Traveler 80 Rot 81 Ordinary Morning 82 Boreal Reveal 83 Parts of Speech 84 Coupled 85 This page intentionally left blank. ...