CONTENTS
PREFACE
BECAUSE THE RED OSIER DOGWOOD
THE DREAM ABOUT OUR MASTER
TO MY DAUGHTER
I AM DISQUIETED
AS THE GREAT HORSE
IF CAUSALITY IS IMPOSSIBLE
THE OLD WAR
THE PREMONITION
JIM DESTERLAND
AFTER LOOKING INTO A BOOK
THE GEESE
THE MYTHOS OF SAMUEL HUNTSMAN
BEWARE, SAUNTERER
THE AIRMAN WHO FLEW OVER
THE PRIEST EKRANATH
I IMAGINED A PAINTER
THE BASS
THE IMPORTANCE OF POETRY
WINTER, NEVER MIND WHERE
THE ZERO THAT IS ALL
FOR T.S.E. ONLY
A NEW EXPLANATION OF THE QUIETUDE
PORTRAIT
REQUIEM FOR EDWARD CARRIGH
AND IN THE 51ST YEAR
MAN AND TREE
OF OBJECTS CONSIDERED AS FORTRESSES
A PHILOSOPHER ON A MOUNTAIN
TRIO FOR TWO VOICES AND A WOODWIND
THE MYTHOS OF THE MAN FROM ENOCH
THE MILKMAN
THE LAST FISHERMAN
THE SHEPHERD (from Horatio)
AFTERWORD BY DAVID SCOTT KASTAN