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CONTENTS

Preface, xi

NEW POEMS

Blessing on the Poets, 3

Homebirth, 4

Abortion Spell, 5

Your Land, 6

Stone and Cloth and Paper, 7

The Naming, 8

Frost’s Grave, 10

Tarot: The Magician Card, 11

Keys, 12

Beach of Edges, 13

Earth Day, 14

Revelry, 15

Architecture, 16

POEMS, 2000–1990

Watching the Whale, 19

Paravaledellentine: A Paradelle, 20

Wild Yeasts, 21

Earth Goddess and Sky God, 22

Conversation, 23

Calendars, 24

Over Dark Arches, 27

A Carol for Carolyn, 28

Chain of Women, 29

Ghazal for a Poetess, 30

Meeting Mammoth Cave, Eight Months Pregnant, 31

Butterfly Lullaby, 32

Intimations of Pregnancy, 33

Walk with Me, 34

Two Bodies, 35

Final Autumn, 36

Elegy for My Father, 37

Poems for the Wheel of the Year

Samhain, 39

Winter Solstice Chant, 40

Imbolc Dance, 41

A Seed for Spring Equinox, 42

A Wreath for Beltane, 43

Summer Solstice Chant, 44

Lammas, 45

A Mabon Crown, 46

Letter for Emily Dickinson, 49

A Dance for the Inland Sea, 50

Iowa Barn, 51

Bluet, 52

Landing Under Water, I See Roots, 53

The Furious Sun in Her Mane

Changing Woman, 54

Spider Woman, 55

Aphrodite, 56

Eve, 57

Inanna, 58

Coatlique, 59

Nut, 60

Brigid, 61

Rhiannon, 62

Running in Church, 63

Blood Charm: From the Menstrual Hut, 64

Encounter, 65

Gulf War and Child: A Curse, 66

Being a Constellation, 67

My Raptor, 68

The Wish for Eyes, 69

The Last Mermother, 70

Tribute, 72

The Intellect of Woman, 73

Moon, 74

POEMS, 1989–1980

Courtship, 77

Zaraf’s Star, 78

Goddess, 80

Pearl, 81

Interpenetrate, 82

Strangers, 83

Insect, 84

The Grim Garden, 85

Inside the Violet, 86

Blue Willow, 87

Speak Softly, 88

The Door, 89

No Snake, 90

A Small Sound in the Dark Woods, 91

From the Lost Poems

Such Husks, 93

Now in November, 94

Song of the Sorry Side, 95

Awful Friend, 96

Nightmare, 97

Resolution, 98

Another Pregnant Woman Remembers Incest, 99

Tongue of Language, 100

Dusk, 101

Lesson from a Rock, 102

Reconciliation Bread, 103

Night Rain, 104

Fawns, 105

An Imaginary Companion, 106

The Ages’ Years: A Dialogue, 107

Harvest Seam, 108

Sundown, 109

Shallow Sky, 110

Childless, 111

Wrist-Bracelet, 112

Wine-Glass Woman, 113

Lady Bug, 114

A Wreath of Time, 115

She That, 116

From The Encyclopedia of Scotland

Invocation, 117

One, from “Rockwood,” 121

The Body of the Thing, from “Feeding the Admiral’s Pussycat,” 129,

POEMS, 1979–1970

The August Porch, 133

Spells, 134

A Dusk Song, 135

In Cities, Be Alert, 136,

List, 137

Still Life, 138

Coy Mistress, 139

When Daphne Ran, 140

Lucid Waking, 141

Sapphics for Patience, 142

Another Reluctance, 143

A Way to See, 144

First Poem, 145

Caribou Kitchen, 146

PERFORMANCE WORKS, 1983–2010

“Creation Story,” excerpted and adapted from Sheba in Eden, 149

From The Mermaid Tragedy, 156

From Marina Tsvetaeva: A Captive Spirit, 161

From Among the Goddesses: An Epic Libretto in Seven Dreams, 167

From Wolf Song, 173

TRANSLATIONS, 1978–2010

The Seafarer, 185

Louise Labé

Sonnet 2 [Handsome Brown Eyes], 190

Sonnet 5 [Bright Venus], 191

Sonnet 13 [The Ivy and the Tree], 192

Sonnet 14 [The Point of Death], 193

Sonnet 16 [Impotence], 194

Sonnet 18 [Kiss Me Again], 195

Sonnet 19 [A Meeting with Diana], 196

Sonnet 21 [Love Forces My Judgment], 197

Sonnet 23 [The Tangle], 198

Anna Akhmatova

The White Bird, 199

Cleopatra, 200

Lot’s Wife, 201

Andrée Chedid

Thirst, 202

In Praise of Emptiness, 203

A Fragment of Sappho, 204

Acknowledgments, 205

Index of Titles and First Lines, 209