Gravel and Hawk: Poems

Contents

xi Contents Nostalgia 1 Haying 3 Afoot in the Fields 4 A.M. 5 Second Person Singular 6 Illustration from an Early Reader 7 Moonwalk 8 My First Record 10 Mrs. Page 12 Playing with Dolls 14 Dreams of Parenthood 16 Cemetery on U.S. 271 17 Girl on a Horse 19 Turn to Stone 20 Stumble 21 Bush Hog 23 Clutch 24 Hawk 25 Early Hunting Trip 26 Firewood 27 Underpass 28 Report 30 Buildings 31 Moving House 36 Receding into Darkness 37 Winter Feeding 42 Dead Cow 44 Missing 45 xii Swimming in a Stock Tank 47 My Grandparents’ Victrola 48 Smolder 50 Dinner 52 Main Street, from the Water Tower 54 Jarring Honey 55 Stem 57 Chris-Craft 58 Houseboat at the Bottom of a Cove 60 Catfish Joint on the Red 61 Diving below the Dam 62 Cold Blood 63 At Sea 65 Treetop Love: An Ode 66 Poolside, Late Afternoon 68 ...