White China Book

FOREWORD BY PHYLLIS TICKLE.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

1. Creation.

One Loud, Heroic Frog.

Chocolate.

Leaves.

Maggie.

Ducks.

Bonsai.

Tree and Fence.

Milkweed.

2. Being Human.

I Don’t Wanna.

Hot and Cold.

Mixed Signals.

The Teapot.

The Bar.

The Baby.

Yum.

Psalm 175(a).

3. Truths and Illusions.

Belief.

My True Love Hath My Heart.

The Gray Man.

Needful Things.

Hide and Seek.

Half a Moon.

4. Answered Prayers.

Maya.

Two Pieces in Mud Season: 1. Time 2. Waiting.

Driving Home.

Psalm 91.

The Light on the Water.

5. Saints Ancient and Modern.

White China.

Dreamer.

Mary and Martha.

Red Angels.

Matt.

Hymns.

6. Lighten Our Darkness.

The Mourning Dove.

Floomph.

The Callus.

French Suites.

Lights in the Wilderness.

7. Last Things 165

Princess Pine.

Auld Acquaintance.

Jenny Jemima.

Billy Bly.

At the Dentist’s.

8. God-Stuff 183

Of Ropes and Cooties.

The Bee.

The Poster.

The Water Is Wide.

Kyrie Eleison.

Christe Eleison.

Kyrie Eleison (2).

REFERENCES.

THE AUTHOR.