Mrs. Ramsay's Knee: Poems Book

Contents

Acknowledgments....................xi
Foreword....................xiii
Comet....................3
The French Bed....................7
Recollection of Tranquility....................8
Bridges of Giverny....................10
Kehaya House....................11
Pumpkin Farm, Half Moon Bay....................13
Fugitive Effects....................15
The Temple of Poseidon....................16
Marsyas....................18
Fathers....................21
Front Page New York Times....................23
Dürer's Jerome....................53
Roses on the Ceiling....................55
Marble Boy....................57
Greek Stones....................59
Maiano....................61
Christine, Daughter of Immigrants....................62
The Moth....................63
The Bream....................64
Kayaks....................66
1. The Mower....................71
2. Trio....................71
3. Anniversary....................72
4. Rousseau....................72
5. At Night on the Terrace, Fiesole....................73
6. Fourth of July....................74
7. That Hat....................74
8. The Turtle....................75
9. Caravaggio....................75
10. Conscience....................76
11. Fig....................76
Lilies....................79
On Throwing a Fish in the Well....................80
Two at the Dock....................82
Goat Song....................83
The Red Coat....................86
Above the Town....................87
The Marsh....................89
The Glider....................92
No. 1....................94
On a Bus to the Airport, Colorado....................95
Face....................97
Notes....................99
About the Author....................101
The May Swenson Poetry Award....................102