Poetry After Lunch: Poems to Read Aloud Book

	Introduction
	Troubleshooting	4
	Breads
	The Bookstall	6
	Mother's Biscuits	7
	Young Nun at Bread Loaf	8
	Appetizers
	Sister Girl	10
	On Opening One Eye	11
	Roller Rink	12
	I need a new prompt	14
	Cinderella	15
	Valentine for Ernest Mann	16
	Beverages
	Horse by Moonlight	18
	Craft Lost in Texas	19
	Good Water	20
	Light Snacks
	In Praise of ABC	22
	While dissecting frogs in biology class scrut discovers the intricacies of the scooped neckline in his lab partner's dress	23
	Spade Scharnweber	24
	The Courtship	26
	Epitaphs	28
	After the Dentist	30
	To a Daughter Leaving Home	31
	The Unchosen	32
	Pastas
	Repercussion	34
	Plain Geometry	36
	Old Flame	38
	Eleven	39
	Money	40
	What is Supposed to Happen	42
	The Myth of Perfectability	43
	Ruby Was Her Name	44
	Sandwiches
	For the Departure of a Stepson	46
	Peace Walk	47
	We Used to Play	48
	Cub Scouts and Yellow Corn	50
	Salads
	Love Poem	54
	Inside a Poem	55
	How to Stuff a Pepper	56
	Fifteen	57
	The Poet Dreams of a Nice Warm Motel	58
	Two Friends	61
	The Road Not Taken	64
	Saying Yes	65
	Ode to My Southern Drawl	66
	Painting the Gate	69
	"Out, Out--"	70
	All That Time	71
	Entrees
	An Old Man's Passing	74
	About Marriage	78
	Another Mystery	80
	Dog's Death	81
	At the Piano	82
	Virgin Mother	84
	Gravy	85
	Flight 502 Departing at Gate 23	86
	For You, Who Didn't Know	88
	This Spanish Town	90
	Last Words	91
	He Makes a House Call	92
	Shuttle	94
	My Mother Makes a Metaphor	95
	Snow White's Father's Second Wife's Tale	96
	The Forsaken	98
	The Whipping	101
	The .38	102
	The dream before the last dream	104
	Revival Week	106
	Children's Menu
	Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony	110
	Questions My Son Asked Me, Answers I Never Gave Him	112
	In The Kitchen	114
	The Butterfly	115
	Foul Shot	116
	Poop	117
	Write a Poem	118
	The Poem on My Pillow	120
	Desserts
	Remembering Brushing My Grandmother's Hair	122
	Julian Barely Misses Zimmer's Brains	123
	Home for Thanksgiving	124
	Beauty I Would Suffer For	125
	After the Speech to the Librarians	126
	The Poem That Wouldn't Soar	128
	The Poem as Striptease	129
	The Junior Highschool Band Concert	130
	The Hug	132
	Fruits & Cheeses
	Apple	136
	The Apple	139
	Oranges	140
	August Pickings	142
	After Lunch	144
	Repast
	The Purpose of Poetry	147
	Acknowledgments	149
	Index of Poems	157
	Index of Poets	161