Blaze

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CONTENTS paintings poems Graces 12 The Trees Won’t Notice 13 A Sapling for Heather 14 Blazes 15 Couple 16 Couple 17 Untitled #6 18 Strong Stars 19 Bright Birches in Winter 20 An Intimacy 21 Melt 22 Melt 23 Birch Portrait #19 24 First Winter: Joy 25 Birch Bark, St. Matthew 26 Birch Bark, St. Matthew 27 Birch Portrait #30 28 Six Days of Rain 29 Birch Portrait, Homer 30 Clitoris 31 Birch Portrait #33 32 Three Notes from a Wooden Flute 33 Bright Birch, Deep Winter 34 Still 35 Untitled #4 36 Matisse’s Antoinette 37 Bright Birch 38 Rime 39 Little Gidding 40 Elegy for Getz 41 Spring Green 42 The Day the Leaves Came 43 Birch Portrait #29 44 Exit Glacier 45 Birch Portrait #35 46 Walker Lake 47 Summer Birch 48 Grace 49 Birch Portrait #32 50 Chatanika 51 Chena Birch 52 Cliffside Could Collapse at Any Time 53 Bright Birch #2 54 Glacier, Calving 55 Birch Portrait #31 56 Just This Once 57 First Snow, September 58 Before Leaves Fall, Snow 59 Northern September 60 Early Fall 61 September Light 62 Too Soon After Rain 63 Birch Portrait #64 64 Kus-sun-ar 65 Triple Birch Portrait 66 Parallel Universes 67 Burnt Norton 68 Once You Name It 69 Birch Portrait #22 70 Braided River 71 Birch Portrait #62 72 The Told Secret 73 Birch Portrait #20 74 Swans, Where We Don’t Expect Them 75 Birch Portrait #61 76 Waking to Rain 77 Seasons of Praise: Spring 78 Seasons of Praise: Summer 78 Seasons of Praise: Autumn 79 Seasons of Praise: Winter 79 Bright Birch #3 80 After Long Drought 81 Bold Birch 82 Absence of Ocean 83 Chimera 84 Refuge 85 Little Birch Portrait 86 Pomegranates 87 Birch Portrait #18 88 God Gestures 89 Snow Up On Birches 90 October, Snow 91 Harriman Birches 92 Short History of One Hour’s Desire 93 Bright Birch #1 94 How They Are With Each Other 95 Woods at Creamer’s 96 What to Count On 97 Birch Portrait #50 98 Haul Road 99 Birch Portrait #15 100 Each Rise, Each Hollow 101 Fall Fever 102 What Will Remain 103 Bright Birch #4 104 Young Boy Dancing at Playa los Muertos 105 Birch Portrait #41 106 A Crack in the Balanced Ship 107 Birch Portrait #10 108 Censored 109 Birch Portrait #25 110 Maybe 111 Birch Portrait #45 112 Spawn 113 Chase’s Woods 114 Chena Night 115 Anniversary 116 Anniversary 117 Birch Portrait #14 118 The Run Of Silvers 119 New Fires 120 Again, Again 121 Birch Portrait #17 122 Birch Portrait #21 124 Birch Portrait #28 126 Birch Portrait #47 128 Tanana Birch Portrait 130 Blue Bark Peels 132 Seasons of Praise: Spring 134 Spring 135 Seasons of Praise: Summer 136 Summer 137 Seasons of Praise: Autumn 138 Autumn 139 Seasons of Praise: Winter 140 Winter 141 Close Set Birches 142 Wide Icy River 143 Birch Portrait #34 144 East Coker 146 Blaze 147 Birch Portrait #1 148 The Longest Night of the Year 149 This page intentionally left blank. Blaze ...