Introduction | p. xiii |
Rage: When Hatred Isn't Strong Enough | p. 1 |
"You fit into me" | p. 9 |
"Somewhere A Seed" | p. 10 |
"Hatred" | p. 11 |
"The Message" | p. 12 |
"Unwritten Law" | p. 14 |
"Quick and Bitter" | p. 16 |
"Mock Orange" | p. 18 |
"wishes for sons" | p. 20 |
Sadness: When You'd Rather Die Than Eat or Sleep | p. 23 |
"Solitary Observation Brought Back from a Sojourn in Hell" | p. 33 |
"After Great Pain" | p. 34 |
"Some Days" | p. 35 |
"The Widow's Lament in Springtime" | p. 37 |
"The Song of Divorce" | p. 39 |
"Chinese Dragons" | p. 40 |
"Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota" | p. 42 |
From "Coda" | p. 43 |
"Cigarettes" | p. 44 |
Excerpt from Hamlet | p. 47 |
Excerpt from Macbeth | p. 48 |
Self-Hatred: When You're Convinced It's All Your Fault | p. 49 |
"Women" | p. 59 |
"my dreams, my works, must wait till after hell" | p. 61 |
"The Heart Rounds Up the Usual Suspects" | p. 62 |
"Cosmetics Do No Good" | p. 64 |
"A Work of Artifice" | p. 66 |
"I Go Back to May 1937" | p. 68 |
"This Be the Verse" | p. 70 |
"Memories at the Movies" | p. 71 |
False Hope: When You're Convinced You can Get Back Together | p. 73 |
"If You Forget Me" | p. 82 |
"The Vow" | p. 85 |
"Since There's No Help" | p. 86 |
"A Farewell" | p. 87 |
"Elvis P. and Emma B." | p. 89 |
"I Can't Hold You and I Can't Leave You" | p. 91 |
"litany" | p. 92 |
Resolve: When You're Determined to Move On | p. 97 |
"Resume" | p. 105 |
"Renouncement" | p. 106 |
"One Is One" | p. 107 |
"Winding Up" | p. 108 |
"Amor Vincit Omnia" | p. 110 |
"One Art" | p. 111 |
"Lute Song" | p. 113 |
Relapse: When You'd Give Anything to Go Back | p. 115 |
"Sunshine" | p. 126 |
"A Late Walk" | p. 127 |
"The New Dog" | p. 128 |
"True Love" | p. 130 |
"The Flea" | p. 132 |
"What She Said" | p. 134 |
"I Want to Die While You Love Me" | p. 135 |
"Strawberries" | p. 136 |
"This Much I Do Remember" | p. 138 |
Real Hope: When You Rediscover Yourself and Your Strengths | p. 141 |
"Sometimes I Go About Pitying Myself" | p. 151 |
"The Lake Isle of Innisfree" | p. 152 |
"Da Capo" | p. 153 |
"Home Sweet Home" | p. 154 |
"Oh, When I Was in Love with You" | p. 156 |
"In the Grove: The Poet at Ten" | p. 157 |
"The Pruned Tree" | p. 158 |
"Vespers" | p. 160 |
"To Earthward" | p. 162 |
"Lies" | p. 164 |
Moving On: When You Rediscover the World and its Joys | p. 167 |
"In Blackwater Woods" | p. 178 |
"The Fish" | p. 180 |
"Let Evening Come" | p. 184 |
"Morning" | p. 186 |
"Musee des Beaux Arts" | p. 188 |
"Tiara" | p. 190 |
"Upon Entering" | p. 193 |
"O Taste and See" | p. 194 |
"Strawberrying" | p. 195 |
"Honey" | p. 197 |
"Teste Moanial" | p. 199 |
"Throw Yourself Like Seed" | p. 201 |
"Picnic, Lightning" | p. 203 |
"Mowing" | p. 206 |
"i thank You God for most this amazing" | p. 207 |
Afterword | p. 209 |
Biographies of Contributors | p. 213 |
Acknowledgments | p. 229 |
About the Editors | p. 231 |
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