Spells: New and Selected Poems

Index of Titles and First Lines

209 index​oF​titles​and​First​lines “Abortion​Spell,”​5 A​child​is​ranging,​like​a​young​horse,​ 62 A​drift​of​snow​edges​a​new​drift​of​ sand,​13 After​a​time​in​which​thunder​and​ hail,​194 “The​Ages’​Years:​A​Dialogue,”​107 A​hard​gray​wave,​her​fin,​walks​out​ on​the​water,​19 Ah​handsome​brown​eyes—ah​eyes​ that​turn​away—,​190 All​the​things​we​hide​in​water,​53 All​through​the​forests,​all​the​tired​ trails,​109 All​we​want​is​to​find​the​love,​14 Already,​she’s​kissed​him,​her​Antony,​ on​his​warm​dead​lips,​200 Among the Goddesses: An Epic Libretto in Seven Dreams​(excerpt),​167 And​love​looked​out​through​other​ windows.​We,​111 An​empty​sheeting,​129 An​old​bracelet,​clawing​its​way​ through​light,​112 “Another​Pregnant​Woman​Remembers ​Incest,”​99 “Another​Reluctance,”​143 “Aphrodite,”​56 Aphrodite,​come​to​me,​56 “Architecture,”​16 As​I​went​walking​in​the​land​of​our​ heart,​6 A​sunny​afternoon;​think​of​Vermeer,​ 138 “The​August​Porch,”​133 “Awful​Friend,”​96 A​young​goddess,​full​of​love,​fresh​ with​the​touch​of​a​husband,​58 “Beach​of​Edges,”​13 “Being​a​Constellation,”​67 Beside​the​long​hedge​on​my​​ parents’​drive,​86 “Blessing​on​the​Poets,”​3 “Blood​Charm:​From​the​Menstrual​ Hut,”​64 “Bluet,”​52 “Blue​Willow,”​87 “The​Body​of​the​Thing,​from​​ ‘Feeding​the​Admiral’s​Pussycat,’”​ 129 “Brigid,”​61 Brown​hills,​on​Milton’s​mind,​were​ loaves​and​sent,​103 Bursting​with​fruit,​my​lips​have​ opened​time,​115 “Butterfly​Lullaby,”​32 “Calendars,”​24 “Caribou​Kitchen,”​146 “A​Carol​for​Carolyn,”​28 “Chain​of​Women,”​29 Chairs​root.​Their​trunks​are​runged​ with​snow,​15 “Changing​Woman,”​54 Chestnuts​fell​in​the​charred​season,​ 143 “Childless,”​111 “Cleopatra”​by​Anna​Akhmatova,​​ 200 “Coatlique,”​59 Come​to​me​with​your​warning​ sounds​of​the​tender​seas,​20 “Conversation,”​23 “Courtship,”​77 Courtship​is​pulling​with​your​full-​ moon​heart,​77 “Coy​Mistress,”​139 210 Crabs,​seashells,​white​ants,​cats,​137 “‘Creation​Story,’​excerpted​and​ adapted​from​Sheba in Eden,”​149 “A​Dance​for​the​Inland​Sea,”​50 ‘Delve​for​me,​delve​down,​delve​past​ your​body,​crowned,’​23 Demeter,​24 Diana,​standing​in​the​clearing​of​a​ wood,​196 “The​Door,”​89 “Dusk,”​101 “A​Dusk​Song,”​135 “Earth​Day,”​14 “Earth​Goddess​and​Sky​God,”​22 “Elegy​for​My​Father,”​37 “Encounter,”​65 “Eve,”​57 “Fawns,”​105 Fill​the​earth’s​belly​full,​45 “Final​Autumn,”​36 “First​Poem,”​145 “A​Fragment​of​Sappho,”​204 From​music,​I​bore,​134 From​the​east​she​has​gathered​like​ wishes,​41 “Frost’s​Grave,”​10 “Ghazal​for​a​Poetess,”​30 “Goddess,”​80 “The​Grim​Garden,”​85 “Gulf​War​and​Child:​A​Curse,”​66 “Harvest​Seam,”​108 Heavy​with​my​milk,​you​move,​67 He​is​sleeping,​his​fingers​curled,​66 “Homebirth,”​4 Home​is​a​birthplace​since​you​came​ to​me,​4 How​can​I​listen​to​the​moon?​64 I​cry​for​my​lost​days,​I​cry​for​my​ childhood,​60 I​dreamed​of​a​poet​who​gave​me​a​ whale,​28 If​any​body​turns​and​goes​away,​114 If​we​change​as​she​is​changing,​54 I​keep​the​track,​185 I’ll​call​those​scattered​parts​back​to​ my​side,​98 “An​Imaginary​Companion,”​106 “Imbolc​Dance,”​41 I​must​hate​all​sad​creatures​who​are​ weak,​102 “Inanna,”​58 “In​Cities,​Be​Alert,”​136 I​never​thought​that​this​immediate,​ 33 “In​Praise​of​Emptiness”​by​Andrée​ Chedid,​203 “Insect,”​84 Inside​my​Eden​I​can​find​no​snake,​90 “Inside​the​Violet,”​86 “The​Intellect​of​Woman,”​73 “Interpenetrate,”​82 In​the​deep​houses,​cellars​speak​alone,​ 110 In​the​night​to​my​humanness,​31 In​the​season​leaves​should​love,​39 “Intimations​of​Pregnancy,”​33 “Invocation,”​117 “Iowa​Barn,”​51 I​saw​the​Muses​winging​through​the​ air,​117 Is​it​the​absence​of​thirst,​202 I​think​of​your​quiet​grave​now​and​ again,​10 It​is​not​appropriate,​in​a​household,​ 204 It​seemed​as​if​a​door​came​calling,​89 It​was​November.​I​was​not​alone,​​ 108 I​used​to​fish​in​San​Francisco​Bay,​70 211 “Keys,”​12 Kiss​me​again,​rekiss​me,​and​then​ kiss,​195 “Lady​Bug,”​114 “Lammas,”​45 “Landing​Under​Water,​I​See​Roots,”​ 53 “The​Last​Mermother...