Title First Line Original Citation
Day After Day "The baby cries in its crib"

Virginia Quarterly Review 51 (Winter 1975) 72.

Each to Its Own Purpose "They said, don't use words"

Yankee Magazine (Dec. 1975) 222.

Hardened Arteries "When the office screwed a few bucks"

Poetry Now 2 (Sept. 1975) 31.

High Winds and Low Pressures "The sun backs through a cloud," America (22 Feb. 1975) 134.
Home Work "Today is cleaning day in the pens" The Ghent Quarterly (Summer 1975) 19.
Outlived by Time "The empty hearse skimmed away"

Dry Leaves. Holly Springs, MS: Ragnarok Press. 1975.

Plea for Persistence "Wait and begin again," Periodical of Art in Nebraska (Fall 1975) 13.
Point of No Return "Grass in the cracks of the sidewalk,"

Dry Leaves. Holly Springs, MS: Ragnarok Press. 1975.

Portrait of an Old Horse "I wonder what shaggy thoughts"

Dry Leaves. Holly Springs, MS: Ragnarok Press. 1975.

Sad, the Way It Is "Stay, stay, pussy willow pussies," Green Magazine (Spring 1975) 24.
Self-Portrait "The mirror lacks depth,"

Virginia Quarterly Review 51 (Winter 1975) 71.

Stream and Tree "The stream's promise"

Wascana Review 10 (Spring 1975) 90.

The Groundhog "Scooped from his winter nest"

Dry Leaves. Holly Springs, MS: Ragnarok Press. 1975.

The Visitor "In the heat of the afternoon"

Dry Leaves. Holly Springs, MS: Ragnarok Press. 1975.

Too Many Defeats Dull the Spirit "The worst was"

Poetry Now 2 (Sept. 1975) 17.

University "Morning light throws a wreath"

Virginia Quarterly Review 51 (Winter 1975) 73.

Waiting "Waiting is not patience"

Dry Leaves. Holly Springs, MS: Ragnarok Press. 1975.

Wedding Anniversary "A frightening day"

Sunday Clothes (Spring 1975) 13.

Woman and Her Wayward Garden "Maples and oaks turn scarlet,"

Dry Leaves. Holly Springs, MS: Ragnarok Press. 1975.

Abrasive Time "Just think how alert we would all need to be"

Shaken by Leaf-Fall. Ann Arbor, MI: Kylix Press. 1976. 67.

At Least on the Surface "People who live in neighborhoods"

Miscellany 15 (1976) 125.

Bluejay "Into the calm of morning as stone breaks"

Poetry Now 3 (Summer 1976) 24.

Born Again "He woke up when she died," Poetry Now 3 (1976) 22.
Cleaning the Barn "We put it off, not having to prove"

The Small Farm (Oct. 1976-March 1977) 12.

Close Call "It was anger's shadow dimmed the room"

Shaken by Leaf-Fall. Ann Arbor, MI: Kylix Press. 1976. 16.