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
