Table of Contents
Foreword xiii
From Noticing Eden, 2003
In the Dream of the Sea 3
Barrier Island 5
Carolina Umbra 6
Wild Plums 8
The Nest of Stars 9
Beach Walk 10
Lament 12
Toward the Sea 14
Hurricane Season 15
How the Yellow Angels Hunger 17
Core Banks, North Carolina 20
Findhorn 21
The Color of Rain 23
River 24
Irises 26
Bamboo 27
The Unkempt Garden 28
Homecoming 29
The Coming Light 31
Near the Doorway 33
From Despite Gravity, 2007
Tangled 37
Linthong 38
Sand 41
Strip Search 43
Dancing Barefoot in Atlanta 44
The Last Night 45
Apparent Tranquility 47
Slate 48
Sierra Snow 50
The Sound of Snow 51
Newlyweds 52
A Normal Life 53
Japanese Landscape 55
Spring 56
On All Sides Water 58
Sandur 60
Despite Gravity 61
From The Endless Repetition of an Ordinary Miracle, 2010
What Shines 65
What If 66
What Passes 67
What Remains 68
Old Burial Hill 69
Charleston Rooftops 71
Boat People 73
In Gaza's Berry Fields 75
Nocturne 2006 77
What the Shrine Wants 79
Illuminata 80
Nothing Can Contain You 82
Pine Pitch 83
Spaghetti 85
My Quaker Grandmothers 87
Stillborn 89
Annunciation 90
Seeking 92
Spring Island, South Carolina 93
New Poems
Family Reunion 97
The Christmas Apron 99
Corene 100
Easter Worry 101
Intersection Where the Rain Begins 102
Where a Mirage Has Once Been, Life Must Be 103
When All the Branches Overlap 104
A Place for You 105
The Weight It Takes 107
As Dreams Unwind 109
The Top of the World 110
Daybreak, John's Island, South Carolina 112
Snow in the South 113
Forgotten 115
In Sorrow and Sunlight 116
The Art of Memory 117
Winter Light 119
February Triptych 120
The Stones Beneath Our Feet 121
Summer Dirge 122
Undertow 123
Counting Scars 124
Brainstorming 127
A Sisyphean Task 129
A Monstrous Terrible Story 130
Rain Coming From a Bright Sky 134
The Philosophy of Gardening 137
Manacles 139
Louisiana's Disappearing Chains 141
Teen Wears Pet Bird Like a Hat 143
Runaway Cow Tracked Down in Germany 144
Police Say Roving Cows Drank Backyard Brews 146
The Way Sound Travels 147
In My Light Year 148
Notes and Acknowledgments 151
