WAITING FOR THE BELOVED

Frontmatter

•฀฀3฀฀• Waiting for the Beloved Poems by Ally Acker R e d H e n P r e s s L o s A n g e l e s •฀฀4฀฀• Waiting฀for฀the฀Beloved Copyright฀©฀1999฀by฀Ally฀Acker All฀rights฀reserved. No฀part฀of฀this฀book฀may฀be฀used฀or฀reproduced฀in฀any฀manner฀whatever฀ without฀permission,฀except฀in฀the฀case฀of฀brief฀quotations฀embodied฀in฀ critical฀articles฀and฀reviews. Published฀by฀Red Hen Press P.O.฀Box฀902582 Palmdale,฀฀California฀93590-2582 Grateful฀acknowledgment฀is฀made฀to฀the฀following฀periodicals฀in฀which฀ a฀number฀of฀these฀poems฀first฀appeared:฀The American Voice,฀The Antioch Review,฀Folio,฀Ploughshares,฀Poetry Kanto,฀The Sun,฀WordWrights. Cover฀photograph฀by฀Jerry฀N.฀Uelsmann Book฀and฀cover฀design฀by฀Mark฀E.฀Cull ISBN฀฀฀1-888996-11-0 Library฀of฀Congress฀Catalog฀Number฀:฀98-88354 • First Edition฀฀• •฀฀5฀฀• For฀my฀Mother, Nora฀Meadow For฀my฀Father, Mortimer฀Acker฀(German฀for฀Field) (1920-1990) Lovingly฀dedicated to฀the฀meeting฀of฀Meadow฀and฀Field •฀฀6฀฀• This page intentionally left blank. ...