Stars and Other Signs

Description

These poems, written over fifty years, address such subjects as the celerity of time, old age, art, literary acquaintances, and the author’s beloved New England landscape. They delight in sound and form, even as they unsettle and disturb. Contents Acknowledgments Author’s Note Configurations Broken Thumb Balance Forward Gathering Connecticut Light In Range of Bells A Visit Interlude Dirge for the Living Dirge for the Living Houses Continuations Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1912 Floating Floating Mischa Levitzki, Valse in A Major On Powderhorn Island Not Later, Not Less A Medieval Carol Solitude To Katharine Lately Born Walking: A Psalm Mother, With Daughter Partly Cloudy Land and Sea A Star Turn Two Trees Understanding Poetry In Memoriam J. B. G. The Waves Autobiography At Seventy, The Tools A Day Maine Brevities With Closed Eyes Origination Triptych Early Poems Sight Ars Poetica The Allegro Goes Out Driving in Pioneer Valley The Ebb The Dwellings Next Moment Belated Tribute Song Countersong The Wisdom of Love The Donors In Another Country In Memoriam A. M. S. Reflections in Transit Patient in Waiting The Strangers A February Scene The Watchers