Earth Again

Acknowledgments

Many thanks to the editors of the following publications in which some of these poems previously appeared: Beloit Poetry Journal: “Tablet,”“A Toast” Carolina Quarterly: “Small Fire in Snow” Cab (Conversations Across Borders): “Partial Eclipse / N 46.677, W 114.244,” “February Sidereal with Backyard Doe” Dunes Review: “Wintering” A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry: “Nostrums (Bill Monroe)” Greatcoat: “Fluvial” Grove Review: “In the Weeks Before You Were Born, Driving through the Mission Valley, He Watches Her Begin a List for Labor” Guernica: “Poem with Several Keatsian References, Poem Burning Up in the Fire I Lit to Warm My Son, or Do as I Say Not as I Do” Gulf Coast: “Comes to Worse” Interlochen Review: “May” Michigan Quarterly Review: “Naive Melody” Neo: “Blown Snow,”“They Tied the Madmen to Trees beside the River and All the Shrinks Went Out of Business,”“Vows” New Orleans Review: “Vespers Beginning as Sheep Tallow in the Hands of a Priest,”“Tarnation” Poetry: “Sustenance” Orion: “Possible Psalm” Seneca Review: “I Canonize Dick Curran” acknowledgments Strange Machine: “Inscription” The Sun: “Weekly Apocalyptic or Poem Written on the Wall in an Ascending Space Capsule” Some of these poems also appeared in a limited edition chapbook, September Miniatures with Blood and Mars, published by Checker Press. My gratitude to Mason Miller for his artistry in this endeavor. Deep thanks to: Joyce Bahle, John Bateman, Tanya Cohen, Todd Davis, Mike Delp, Bob DeMott, Rich Dombrowski, Jack Driscoll, Peter Drake, David Duncan, Jeffrey Foucault, Hannah Fries, Dan Gerber, Sarah Gridley, Jim Harrison, Matt Henderson, Joanna Klink, Melissa Kwasny, Dan Lahren, Helen McLean, Molly McNulty, Jefferson Miller, Anne-Marie Oomen, Mika Perrine, Al Pils, Jack Ridl, Meredith Rutland, Rob Schlegel, Doug and Anne Stanton, Pearl Smith, Carly Squires, Brent Taylor, and David Warnock. Also: Steve and Kinza, Bob and Jo, Jason and Gita, Tim and Lindsay, Steve and Sally, Phil and Julie, Eric and Liz, Elke and Paul, Nick and Robin, Josh and Steph, Tobe, Al, John. Immense gratitude to Annie Martin. May. ...