Rival Gardens: New and Selected Poems

Table of contents

• Rival Gardens - New and Selected Poems iii
• Contents vi
• Acknowledgments ix
• Introduction xi
• Selections from Bonfire 1
• April 3
• Red Fox 4
• Abstract 5
• Wild Apples 6
• The Girl and the Horses 8
• Daylilies 9
• The Wandering Sky 10
• Broom 11
• Skim Milk 12
• Radish 13
• Radiator 14
• Missed Bus 15
• Duluth, Minnesota 16
• Blue Moon 17
• The Gelding 18
• Dragonfly 19
• Rain 20
• Toward Dusk 21
• Peonies 22
• Amaryllis 23
• Christmas Tree 24
• January 26
• Bonfire 28
• Ski Tracks 29
• Selections from Hartley Field 31
• The Coin behind Your Ear 33
• The Ventriloquist 34
• Butter 35
• Peaches 36
• Red Rover 37
• Jump Rope 38
• Horses in Spring 39
• Summer Night 40
• Lemon 41
• Long Nights 42
• Postcard- Busy Clarence Town Harbor on a Mail Boat Day 43
• Honesty 44
• Black and White Photograph 46
• Memorial Day at the Lake 47
• The Midwife 49
• The Exchange 50
• Children near the Water 51
• A Field of Barley 53
• Checkers 54
• So like Her Father 55
• The Hammer 56
• Tag 57
• Late September 58
• New Snow 59
• Grown Children 60
• Heart Surgery 61
• All Saints’ Day 63
• Christmas Fable 64
• After Us 65
• Hartley Field 66
• Selections from on Speaking Terms 69
• First Snow 71
• Monopoly 72
• Nothing 73
• Tracks in the Snow 74
• The Accordion 75
• Scrabble 77
• Directions 78
• Lipstick 79
• Everything Free 80
• Fishing on Isabella Lake 81
• Garlic 83
• Rags 84
• Lady 85
• Confessional Poem 86
• Walking Distance 87
• The Splits 89
• Buttercups 90
• Closest to the Sky 91
• Comb 92
• Umbrella 93
• Picture Yourself 94
• The Death of My Father 96
• A Sighting 98
• Green Tent 99
• Pumpkin 100
• A Random Gust from the North 101
• Musical Chairs 106
• A Parting 107
• Pecans 108
• Old Snow 110
• Pickles 111
• Coloring Book 112
• Blue Ink 113
• Six Months after My Father’s Death 114
• Honey 115
• Leftovers 116
• Ice out 117
• Part One - New Poems 119
• Garter Snake 121
• Pollen 122
• Rival Gardens 123
• The Summerhouse 124
• Polygamy 125
• The Neighbor’s Pond 126
• An Ordinary Crisis 127
• Mysterious Neighbors 128
• Catbird 129
• Root Words 131
• Rain Collection 132
• Blue Flags 133
• "Golden Glow" 134
• Blackbirds at Dusk 135
• First House 136
• Last Star 137
• Part Two 139
• Used Book 141
• Ghost Town 142
• When I Was a Boy 143
• Audience 144
• John Q. Public 145
• A Collection of near Misses 146
• Adaptation 147
• Plein Air 149
• The Death of the Battery 150
• Girdle 151
• Parts per Million 152
• Mrs. God 153
• Genesis, Cont 154
• Day of Rest 155
• Business 156
• First Love 157
• Part Three 159
• Artificial Tears 161
• I Heard You Come in 162
• Pavement Ends 163
• The Shoes of the Dead 164
• A Last Time for Everything 165
• Practice 167
• Phoebe 168
• They Live with Us 170
• Recalled to Life 171
• Walleye 172
• Wild Asters 174
• Brave Rabbits 175
• Brave Rabbits, a Second Look 176
• A Marsh at Twilight 177
• The Second Half of the Night 178
• Cabbage Moth 179
• Garden Gloves 180
• Also by This Gardener 181