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Intense and pristine lyrics by a poet living in the age of AIDS. He takes his subject head-on without a shred of sentimentality or self-pity. In spite of its difficult subject, this is not a dark book. Gregory Orr has said of Donnelly that “everything he writes is suffused with tenderness and intelligence, lucidity and courage.” This is Donnelly’s first book.
| I | ||
| How Is It Sometimes | 1 | |
| Your Own Stone | 2 | |
| Prayer at the Opera | 3 | |
| The Prodigal Son | 4 | |
| An Earful | 6 | |
| His Cafe con Leche Hands | 8 | |
| Prayer After the Baths | 9 | |
| Young Man Reading Colette on the Train | 10 | |
| Sweet for All Souls' | 11 | |
| Baba | 13 | |
| Angel's Trumpet | 16 | |
| Pool | 17 | |
| White Shirt | 18 | |
| Finding Paul Monette, Losing Him | 20 | |
| Bus Station, New Mexico | 23 | |
| II | ||
| Prayer After Refusing to Pray | 27 | |
| Rune for Michael, Sick and Far Away | 28 | |
| Riddle | 29 | |
| Consummatum Est | 30 | |
| The Sign at Window One | 31 | |
| Harm Reduction | 32 | |
| Sacral | 33 | |
| Prayer at the Gym | 35 | |
| Prayer Over a Box of Books | 37 | |
| Apologia pro Vita Sua | 38 | |
| Conjurement | 39 | |
| III | ||
| Note to the New Owner | 43 | |
| After a Move | 44 | |
| Fountain of Blood | 45 | |
| My Side of the Wall | 46 | |
| Hard Gardens | 47 | |
| Low Door | 48 | |
| Psalm for Moving Day | 49 | |
| To a Variegated Begonia | 52 | |
| After a Long Time Away | 53 | |
| IV | ||
| I Am Sleeping Where You Died | 57 | |
| The Second Going | 58 | |
| Last Watch | 59 | |
| Shade Garden | 60 | |
| Prayer at the Hospital | 61 | |
| Beautiful Orphans | 62 | |
| Now He | 64 | |
| Sotto Voce | 65 | |
| Prayer on the Way to an MRI | 66 | |
| Malediction on an Iron Bed | 68 | |
| Prayer Over Dust | 69 | |
| Projection | 71 | |
| Hidden Spring | 72 | |
| On Being Called to Prayer While Cooking Dinner for Forty | 73 | |
| How the Age of Iron Turned to Gold | 75 | |
| Instant Coffee | 76 | |
| Every Night | 77 | |
| Notes & Acknowledgments | 81 |
Overview
Intense and pristine lyrics by a poet living in the age of AIDS. He takes his subject head-on without a shred of sentimentality or self-pity. In spite of its difficult subject, this is not a dark book. Gregory Orr has said of Donnelly that “everything he writes is suffused with tenderness and intelligence, lucidity and courage.” This is Donnelly’s first book.