Features previously published and new poems that explore the natural world and how it is connected to human beings and spirituality New Poems (1991-1992) Rain 3(5) Spring Azures 8(2) When Death Comes 10(2) Picking Blueberries, Austerlitz, New York, 1957 12(2) Her Grave 14(3) Goldenrod 17(2) The Waterfall 19(2) Peonies 21(2) This Morning Again It Was in the Dusty- Pines 23(2) Marengo 25(1) Field Near Linden, Alabama 26(2) Gannets 28(2) Whelks 30(2) Alligator Poem 32(2) Hawk 34(2) Goldfinches 36(2) Rice 38(1) Poppies 39(2) A Certain Sharpness in the Morning Air 41(2) A Bitterness 43(1) Morning 44(1) Water Snake 45(2) The Egret 47(1) The Snowshoe Hare 48(2) The Sun 50(2) Winter 52(2) Lonely, White Fields 54(2) Hummingbird Pauses at the Trumpet Vine 56(2) White Flowers 58(2) October 60(5) FROM House of Light (1990) Some Questions You Might Ask 65(1) Moccasin Flowers 66(2) The Buddha's Last Instruction 68(2) Spring 70(2) Singapore 72(2) The Hermit Crab 74(2) Lilies 76(2) The Swan 78(2) Indonesia 80(1) Some Herons 81(2) Five A.M. in the Pinewoods 83(2) Little Owl Who Lives in the Orchard 85(2) The Kookaburras 87(1) The Lilies Break Open Over the Dark Water 88(2) Nature 90(2) The Ponds 92(2) The Summer Day 94(1) Roses, Late Summer 95(2) Maybe 97(2) White Owl Flies Into and Out of the Field 99(4) FROM Dream Work (1986) Dogfish 103(3) Morning Poem 106(2) Rage 108(2) Wild Geese 110(1) Robert Schumann 111(1) Starfish 112(2) The Journey 114(2) A Visitor 116(2) Stanley Kunitz 118(2) One or Two Things 120(3) The Turtle 123(2) Sunrise 125(2) Two Kinds of Deliverance 127(2) Landscape 129(1) Acid 130(2) The Moths 132(2) 1945-1985 Poem for the Anniversary 134(4) The Sunflowers 138(5) FROM American Primitive (1983) August 143(1) Mushrooms 144(2) Lightning 146(2) Egrets 148(2) First Snow 150(2) Ghosts 152(3) Vultures 155(2) Rain in Ohio 157(1) University Hospital, Boston 158(2) Skunk Cabbage 160(1) Blossom 161(2) White Night 163(2) The Fish 165(1) Crossing the Swamp 166(2) Humpbacks 168(3) A Meeting 171(1) The Sea 172(2) Happiness 174(1) Tecumseh 175(2) In Blackwater Woods 177(4) FROM Twelve Moons (1979) Sleeping in the Forest 181(1) Mussels 182(2) The Black Snake 184(1) Spring 185(1) Strawberry Moon 186(3) The Truro Bear 189(1) Entering the Kingdom 190(1) Buck Moon-From the Field Guide to Insects 191(1) Dreams 192(2) The Lamps 194(1) Bone Poem 195(1) Aunt Leaf 196(2) Hunter's Moon-Eating the Bear 198(2) Last Days 200(1) The Black Walnut Tree 201(2) Wolf Moon 203(2) The Night Traveler 205(4) FROM The Night Traveler (1978) AND Sleeping in the Forest (1978) AND FIVE POEMS NOT PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN ANY VOLUME Aunt Elsie's Night Music 209(2) Farm Country 211(1) Creeks 212(1) Roses 213(1) Winter in the Country 214(1) The Family 215(1) Ice 216(2) Clam Man 218(1) Bailing the Boat 219(1) Crows 220(1) The Rabbit 221(1) Three Poems for James Wright 222(4) At Blackwater Pond 226(3) FROM The River Styx, Ohio and Other Poems (1972) Hattie Bloom 229(1) Spring in the Classroom 230(1) Alex 231(1) Learning About the Indians 232(1) Night Flight 233(1) Anne 234(1) Answers 235(1) The Esquimos Have No Word for War 236(1) Encounter 237(1) Magellan 238(1) Going to Walden 239(1) The River Styx, Ohio 240(3) FROM No Voyage and Other Poems (1963 and 1965) No Voyage 243(1) The House 244(1) Beyond the Snow Belt 245(1) A Letter from Home 246(1) A Dream of Trees 247(1) The Murderer's House 248(1) Being Country Bred 249(1) The Swimming Lesson 250(1) Morning in a New Land 251(1) Swans on the River Ayr 252(1) The Return 253(2) On Winter's Margin 255