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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... 134 Dogs / 139 Old Jazz / 144 Young Jazz / 146 Winter / 167 The Condition of My Faith / 172 Spring / 189 Summer / 193 The Catcher / 197 Dairy Days / 218 Autumn / 227 Acknowledgments I AM GLAD to have this opportunity to express.
... 134 Dogs / 139 Old Jazz / 144 Young Jazz / 146 Winter / 167 The Condition of My Faith / 172 Spring / 189 Summer / 193 The Catcher / 197 Dairy Days / 218 Autumn / 227 Acknowledgments I AM GLAD to have this opportunity to express.
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... summer the first time we drove the two- mile dirt road and saw the house on the end of the ridge with its view into the valley of farms sweeping below and rising again into distant green ridges . Intending to buy only a cottage or small ...
... summer the first time we drove the two- mile dirt road and saw the house on the end of the ridge with its view into the valley of farms sweeping below and rising again into distant green ridges . Intending to buy only a cottage or small ...
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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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