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PART I • PLACES

THE HOUSE ON PLEASANT STREET
GRANITE CITY
LONDONERS
POSTWAR LANDSCAPE
TWINKLING
HOMETOWN
OCCUPIED TERRITORY

PART II • LETTERS AND ENCOUNTERS

APPARITION
TAPESTRY
TO A FRIEND TEACHING IN THE PROVINCES
THE RETURN OF PROSPERO
LETTER TO TOO MANY PEOPLE
HOMAGE TO VINCENT
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
POEM FOR GERARD
THE PRINCE OF ODD AND ANGER
TO THE ARCHPOET
LETTER TO MY GRANDFATHER'S PICTURE

PART III • MYTHS AND ENACTMENTS

THE MONITOR REPORTS
THE GENTLE PEOPLE
THE GRACIOUS ONES
PTYX
THE COMING OF THE TOADS
MAKING YOUR POEM
ONE
THE MYTH AND THE MAKERS
THE RINGING

PART IV • MODES

THE DIAL AND THE MOLE
THE POET WHO TALKS TO HIMSELF
THE MATCH
THE SHAPERS
DO NOT FEED THE ELEPHANT
SPRING IS COMING
SWIM
SUMMER UNBOUND
HANDBAG

PART V ' CONSIDERATIONS

THE SWIMMERS
FALLABSTRACT
DEITY
THE LOSS
THREE LADIES
PRAISE FOR THE EARTHKEEPERS
MOVING
SNOW SCENE
JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING