After the Fire: A Writer Finds His PlaceThe poet describes how he found his interior landscape on his farm in the hills of Wisconsin and shares his insights into the course of his life, from his Canton, Ohio, youth, to his years as a soldier, to his careers as a writer and publisher, using humor and a meditative spirit. |
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... side of the land to meet again at a base in northern Iowa , leaving a heart - shaped area of nearly fifteen thousand square miles open to the forces of weather . In subsequent ages the wear of erosion on this place was gentler than the ...
... side of the land to meet again at a base in northern Iowa , leaving a heart - shaped area of nearly fifteen thousand square miles open to the forces of weather . In subsequent ages the wear of erosion on this place was gentler than the ...
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A Writer Finds His Place Paul Zimmer. side rolls high and handsome . In our valley the Kickapoo River glints and twists so crookedly through meadows and wooded areas that it takes many miles to progress a single mile . This is where ...
A Writer Finds His Place Paul Zimmer. side rolls high and handsome . In our valley the Kickapoo River glints and twists so crookedly through meadows and wooded areas that it takes many miles to progress a single mile . This is where ...
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Contents
Finding Home | |
Strangers in Friendly Places | |
Trees | 21 |
Sky | 28 |
Poetry | 33 |
Neighbors | 37 |
Birds | 42 |
Making Poetry | 48 |
The Hunt | 102 |
The Blind World | 107 |
Trouble | 127 |
Dogs | 132 |
Old Jazz | 137 |
Young Jazz | 139 |
Winter | 160 |
The Condition of My Faith | 165 |
Library | 60 |
Insects and Arachnids | 65 |
Grasses Fruits Plants | 69 |
Gardening | 73 |
Coyotes Foxes Wolves | 80 |
Taking a Punch | 83 |
Deer | 100 |
Spring | 182 |
Summer | 186 |
The Catcher | 190 |
Dairy Days | 211 |
Autumn | 220 |
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