Table of Contents

1

Cathedral 5

Dutch Elm Disease 6

Kitchen Clock 7

Milwaukee, 1968 8

Intermezzo 9

Geese 10

Semester Abroad 11

The Coup 12

Late Night Science 13

Aubade 14

Progress and Reason 15

Naming Yourself 16

Insomnia 18

2

Fall 21

Oil Pastels 22

Flick 23

Crash 25

Roughing It 26

Old Song 29

Reset 30

Jump 31

Walking Around Kerrytown With K. H. 32

Late Spring 33

Cliché This 34

If My Father Could Talk 35

3

There Are Signs Everywhere 39

Settling 40

To Milwaukee 41

Game Day 43

There 44

The Hero Chiwara 45

TV Fathers 46

Dear Saturday 47

This poem is not about Facebook 48

Aubade with Sugar Maple 49

In the Future 50

Story of My Life 52

Notes 53

Acknowledgments 55