CONTENTS
FOREWORD
LISTENING TO THE SILENCES
“DO YOU KNOW THE LAND . . .”
LANGUAGE IN EXILE
SALVAGED LANGUAGE
A TREE PLANTED BY THE POET
THE FRUITS OF THE ELDERBERRY TREE
LEARNING TO BE AN INTERPRETER
THE PRICE OF A LETTER
THE WEIGHT OF A WORD
IN THE URGENCY OF THE PRESENT
INTERIOR EXILE
THIS UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
LIKE A LETTER
“I HAVE A DREAM”
TWO LINES FOR EACH LINE OF VERSE
FROM SHORE TO SHORE
BYWAYS
SILENT SHELLS
NEW VERSION OF AN ANCIENT TALE
BRIEF POSTSCRIPTUM
A SECOND GLASS OF LIGHT
IN THE CRYSTAL-BLUE DUSK
A SLIVER OF PLANE TREE BARK
THE FOUR NOTEBOOKS
THIS LANGUAGE OF HOSPITALITY
LANGUAGE OF CHILDHOOD
NOTES
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
ALSO BY FEMINIST PRESS
ABOUT FEMINIST PRESS
