Making Certain It Goes On The Collected Poems of Richard Hugo

by Hugo, Richard; Kittredge, William

• ISBN13: 9780393307849
• ISBN10: 0393307840
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-07-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

The definitive collection of a major American poet's work, with a new introduction by William Kittredge. Richard Hugo was, in James Wright's words, "a great poet, true to our difficult life."Making Certain It Goes Onbrings together, as Hugo wished, the poems published in book form during his lifetime, together with the new poems he wrote in his last years.

Table of Contents

A Run of Jacks [1961]
Trout	3	(1)
Near Kalalock	3	(1)
Bass	4	(1)
West Marginal Way	5	(1)
Lone Cheer from the Stands for a Bitter Crane	6	(1)
Underwater Autumn	7	(1)
La Push	7	(1)
The Gull Hardly Explained	8	(1)
Triangle for Green Men	9	(3)
Beachthieves	12	(1)
North	12	(1)
Or Another Place	13	(1)
Resulting from Magnetic Interference	14	(1)
Alki Beach	15	(1)
Meridian	15	(1)
Keen to Leaky Flowers	16	(1)
Antisocial Easter	17	(1)
Back of Gino's Place	18	(1)
A Troubadour Removed	18	(3)
Ocean on Monday	21	(1)
Snoqualmie	21	(1)
A District in the City	22	(1)
Schoolgirl at Seola	23	(1)
A Map of the Peninsula	24	(1)
Gooseprairie	25	(1)
Argo	26	(1)
Ballad of the Upper Bumping	27	(2)
Centuries Near Spinnazola	29	(1)
Cape Alava	30	(2)
Skykomish River Running	32	(1)
Mission in Carmel	33	(1)
Kapowsin	34	(2)
Graves at Mukilteo	36	(1)
A Chapel Further West than Most	37	(1)
Politely like Snakes in the Oats	37	(2)
Name the Mystery Fin and Win a Doll	39	(1)
1614 Boren	39	(2)
Bassett's Lions	41	(1)
Memoirs	41	(2)
Lecture	43	(1)
Neighbor	44	(1)
Duwamish	44	(2)
Holy Family	46	(1)
Northwest Retrospective: Mark Tobey	47	(1)
Digging Is An Art	48	(1)
Orcas in the Eyes	49	(1)
The Way a Ghost Behaves	50	(1)
No Bells to Believe	51	(1)
Two Graves in a Day	52	(1)
At the Stilli's Mouth	53	(1)
The Way a Ghost Dissolves	54	(5)
Death of the Kapowsin Tavern [1965]
DUWAMISH, SKAGIT, HOH
Introduction to the Hoh	59	(1)
From the Rain Forest Down	59	(1)
Between the Bridges	60	(1)
Duwamish No. 2	61	(1)
Bad Vision at the Skagit	62	(1)
Plunking the Skagit	63	(1)
Hideout	64	(1)
Duwamish Head	65	(4)
Other Waters
Tahola	69	(1)
Cape Nothing	70	(1)
Lone Lake, Whidbey	71	(1)
Sweet Piece from Fontal	71	(1)
Dancer at Kozani's	72	(1)
Index	73	(1)
The Anacortes-Sydney Run	74	(1)
Mendocino, Like You Said	75	(1)
The Colors of a Bird	76	(1)
Lake Byron, Maybe Gordon Lord	77	(1)
Road Ends at Tahola	78	(7)
MISSION TO LINZ
LIMITED ACCESS
Eileen	85	(1)
What the Brand New Freeway Won't Go By	86	(1)
December 24 and George McBride Is Dead	87	(1)
Antiques in Ellettsville	88	(1)
The Other Grave	89	(1)
Houses Lie, Believe the Lying Sea	89	(1)
First South and Cambridge	90	(1)
In Stafford Country	91	(1)
For a Northern Woman	92	(1)
Port Townsend	93	(1)
Fort Casey, without Guns	93	(2)
One by Twachtman at the Frye	95	(1)
Bouquets from Corley	95	(1)
The Squatter on Company Land	96	(1)
The Church on Comiaken Hill	97	(1)
The Blond Road	98	(1)
Pike Place Market	99	(2)
Graves at Coupeville	101	(1)
Death of the Kapowsin Tavern	102	(3)
Good Luck in Cracked Italian [1969]
WHERE ALL DOORS OPEN IN
Docking at Palermo	105	(1)
Napoli Again	106	(1)
The Bridge of Sighs	106	(1)
Galileo's Chair	107	(1)
Morning in Padova	108	(1)
S. Miniato: One by Aretino	109	(1)
Tiberio's Cliff	110	(1)
Brueghel in the Doria	111	(1)
Castel Sant' Angelo	112	(1)
Kennedy Ucciso	113	(2)
SIDE TRIPS BACK
G.I. Graves in Tuscany	115	(1)
A View from Cortona	116	(1)
Eighteen Days in a Tuscan Wood	117	(1)
Viva La Resistenza	118	(1)
April in Cerignola	118	(2)
Tretitoli, Where the Bomb Group Was	120	(1)
Where We Crashed	121	(3)
Spinazzola: Quella Cantina La	124	(2)
Note from Capri to Richard Ryan on the Adriatic Floor	126	(1)
The Yards of Sarajevo	127	(1)
Paestum	128	(1)
Galleria Umberto I	129	(2)
MARATEA
Maratea Porto	131	(1)
The Picnic in the Saracen Ruin	132	(1)
Maratea Antica	133	(1)
One Son North to Naples	134	(1)
Maratea Porto: The Bitter Man	134	(1)
Cantina Iannini	135	(1)
Pizzeria S. Biagio	136	(1)
Maratea Porto: The Dear Postmistress There	137	(1)
Maratea Porto: Saying Good-bye to the Vitolos	138	(1)
Last Words from Maratea	139	(7)
REMOTE OR STONE
South Italy, Remote and Stone	146	(1)
Storm in Acquafredda	147	(1)
The Park at Villammare	148	(1)
Why Sapri Will Never Be Italian	149	(1)
Beggar in Sapri	150	(1)
Sailing Dalmatia	151	(1)
Remote Farm on the Dubrovnik-Sarajevo Run	152	(1)
Spinning the Sava	153	(1)
Christmas with Shepherds in Brefaro	154	(1)
Italian Town Abandoned	155	(1)
Montesano Unvisited	156	(1)
With Anna at Camaldoli	157	(1)
Sailing from Naples	158	(7)
The Lady in Kicking Horse Reservoir [1973]
MONTANA WITH FRIENDS
A Map of Montana in Italy	165	(1)
The Milltown Union Bar	166	(1)
Where Jennie Used to Swim	167	(1)
Where Mission Creek Runs Hard for Joy	168	(1)
Graves at Elkhorn	169	(1)
St. Ignatius Where the Salish Wail	170	(1)
Bad Eyes Spinning the Rock	171	(1)
Dog Lake with Paula	172	(1)
To Die in Milltown	173	(1)
Pishkun	174	(1)
Reclamation at Coloma	175	(1)
Helena, Where Homes Go Mad	176	(1)
Silver Star	177	(1)
With Kathy in Wisdom	178	(1)
Indian Graves at Jocko	179	(2)
TOURING
Drums in Scotland	181	(1)
Chysauster	182	(1)
Walking Praed Street	182	(2)
Somersby	184	(1)
The Prado: Bosch: S. Antonio	184	(1)
The Prado: Number 2671, Anonimo Espanol	185	(1)
At Cronkhite	186	(1)
Upper Voight's, to All the Cutthroat There	187	(1)
Taneum Creek	188	(1)
The Gold Man on the Beckler	188	(2)
TOURING WITH FRIENDS
Cataldo Mission	190	(1)
Montgomery Hollow	191	(1)
The End of Krim's Pad	192	(1)
Old Map of Uhlerstown	193	(1)
A Night with Cindy at Heitman's	193	(1)
Point No Point	194	(1)
Cornwall, Touring	195	(1)
Shark Island	196	(1)
The Tinker Camp	197	(1)
Cleggan	198	(1)
Crinan Canal	199	(2)
MONTANA
The Lady in Kicking Horse Reservoir	201	(2)
Ovando	203	(1)
Driving Montana	204	(1)
Montana Ranch Abandoned	205	(1)
2433 Agnes, First Home, Last House in Missoula	205	(2)
Ghosts at Garnet	207	(1)
A Night at the Napi in Browning	208	(1)
Camas Prairie School	209	(1)
Missoula Softball Tournament	210	(1)
Phoning from Sweathouse Creek	211	(1)
The Only Bar in Dixon	212	(1)
Dixon	213	(1)
Hot Springs	214	(1)
Bear Paw	215	(1)
Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg	216	(5)
What Thou Lovest Well Remains American [1975]
A SNAPSHOT OF THE AUXILIARY
A Snapshot of the Auxiliary	221	(1)
Saying Goodbye to Mrs. Noraine	222	(1)
A Good Day for Seeing Your Limitations	223	(1)
The House on 15th S.W.	224	(1)
A Snapshot of 15th S.W.	225	(1)
December 24, Alone	226	(1)
Remember Graham	227	(1)
A History of the Sketch	228	(1)
Why I Think of Dumar Sadly	228	(1)
Time to Remember Sangster	229	(1)
Again, Kapowsin	230	(1)
Flying, Reflying, Farming	231	(2)
Last Day There	233	(1)
Places and Ways to Live	234	(1)
What Thou Lovest Well Remains American	235	(2)
STRANGERS
Goodbye, Iowa	237	(1)
Farmer, Dying	238	(1)
Living Alone	239	(1)
Turtle Lake	239	(1)
Late Summer, Drummond	240	(1)
Reading at the Old Federal Courts Building, St. Paul	241	(1)
Ode to the Trio Fruit Company of Missoula	242	(1)
Old Scene	243	(1)
Landscapes	244	(1)
Reconsidering the Madman	245	(1)
The Cripples	246	(1)
Invasion North	247	(1)
Cattails	248	(1)
The Hilltop	249	(1)
Changes in Policy at Taholah	250	(1)
Indian Girl	251	(1)
The Swimmer at Lake Edward	252	(1)
Ghost in a Field of Mint	252	(1)
Iowa Deja Vu	253	(1)
The Freaks at Spurgin Road Field	254	(2)
LECTURES, SOLILOQUIES, PONTIFICATIONS
Plans for Altering the River	256	(1)
Three Stops to Ten Sleep	257	(1)
On Hearing a New Escalation	258	(1)
Announcement	259	(1)
For Jennifer, 6, on the Teton	260	(1)
Approaching the Castle	261	(1)
Listen, Ripley	262	(1)
Graves in Queens	263	(2)
Starting Back	265	(1)
Keokuk	266	(2)
Topographical Map	268	(1)
My Buddy	269	(2)
The Art of Poetry	271	(4)
31 LETTERS TO 13 DREAMS [1977]
Letter to Kizer from Seattle	275	(1)
Letter to Bell from Missoula	276	(1)
Letter to Sister Madeline from Iowa City	277	(1)
In Your Fugitive Dream	278	(1)
Letter to Simic from Boulder	279	(1)
Letter to Matthews from Barton Street Flats	280	(1)
In Your War Dream	281	(1)
Letter to Ammons from Maratea	282	(1)
Letter to Hanson from Miami	283	(1)
In Your Bad Dream	284	(1)
Letter to Annick from Boulder	285	(1)
Letter to Mantsch from Havre	286	(1)
In Your Young Dream	287	(1)
Letter to Reed from Lolo	287	(1)
Letter to Peterson from the Pike Place Market	288	(1)
Letter to Stafford from Polson	289	(1)
In Your Small Dream	290	(1)
Letter to Hill from St. Ignatius	291	(1)
Letter to Wagoner from Port Townsend	292	(1)
Letter to Bly from La Push	293	(1)
In Your Blue Dream	294	(1)
Letter to Libbey from St. Regis	295	(1)
Letter to Logan from Milltown	296	(1)
In Your Hot Dream	297	(1)
Letter to Gale from Ovando	298	(1)
Letter to Welch from Browning	299	(1)
In Your Racing Dream	300	(1)
Letter to Snyder from Montana	301	(1)
Letter to Scanlon from Whitehall	302	(1)
Letter to Wright from Gooseprairie	303	(1)
In Your Wild Dream	304	(1)
Letter to Haislip from Hot Springs	304	(1)
Letter to Mayo from Missoula	305	(2)
Letter to Levertov from Butte	307	(1)
In Your Dream on the Eve of Success	308	(1)
Letter to Kathy from Wisdom	309	(1)
Letter to Goldbarth from Big Fork	310	(1)
In Your Big Dream	311	(1)
Letter to Birch from Deer Lodge	312	(1)
Letter to Oberg from Pony	313	(1)
Letter to Blessing from Missoula	314	(2)
In Your Dream after Falling in Love	316	(1)
Letter to Gildner from Wallace	317	(1)
Note to R. H. from Strongsville	318	(1)
In Your Good Dream	319	(4)
White Center [1980]
Museum of Cruel Days	323	(1)
After a Train Trip, One Town Remains	324	(1)
Doing the House	325	(2)
Scene	327	(1)
Second Chances	328	(1)
With Ripley at the Grave of Albert Parenteau	329	(1)
With Melissa on the Shore	330	(1)
The Ballpark at Moiese	331	(3)
Wheel of Fortune	334	(1)
Open Country	335	(1)
The Other Beaverbank	336	(1)
At the Cabin	336	(2)
Birthday	338	(1)
Repairing the House, the Church, Restoring the Music	339	(1)
Leaving the Dream	340	(1)
Beaverbank	341	(2)
The Towns We Know and Leave Behind, the Rivers We Carry with Us	343	(2)
Fort Benton	345	(1)
High Grass Prairie	346	(1)
Brief History	346	(1)
Medicine Bow	347	(1)
Overlooking Yale	348	(2)
Imagining Delaware	350	(1)
A Good View from Flagstaff	351	(1)
Port Townsend, 1974	352	(1)
Getty	352	(2)
The Small Oil Left in the House We Rented in Boulder	354	(1)
At Our Best	354	(1)
Graves	355	(1)
Dwelling	356	(1)
Changes at Meridian	357	(1)
Guns at Fort Flagler	357	(1)
Fairfield	358	(1)
To Women	359	(1)
How to Use a Storm	360	(1)
How Meadows Trick You	361	(1)
Snow Poem	362	(1)
The Carnival Inside	363	(1)
From Altitude, the Diamonds	364	(1)
Bay of Sad Loss	365	(1)
Bay of Resolve	366	(1)
Bay of Recovery	367	(1)
The Sandbanks	368	(1)
The River Now	368	(1)
Sound Track Conditional	369	(1)
Belt	370	(1)
Bone Hunting	371	(1)
Houses	372	(1)
White Center	373	(6)
The Right Madness on Skye [1980]
The Semi-Lunatics of Kilmuir	379	(1)
A Snapshot of Uig in Montana	379	(1)
A Map of Skye	380	(1)
Clachard	381	(1)
Greystone Cottage	382	(1)
The Clouds of Uig	383	(1)
Graves in Uig	384	(1)
Hawk in Uig	385	(1)
Uig Registrar	386	(1)
Piping to You on Skye from Lewis	387	(1)
The Clearances	387	(2)
Glen Uig	389	(1)
Sneosdal	390	(1)
Kilmuir Cemetery: The Knight in Blue-Green Relief	391	(2)
Kilmuir Cemetery: Stone with Two Skulls and No Name	393	(1)
Duntulm Castle	394	(2)
Mill at Romesdal	396	(1)
Druid Stones at Kensaleyre	397	(1)
The Braes	398	(1)
St. John's Chapel	399	(1)
Trumpan	400	(1)
Langaig	401	(2)
Ayr	403	(1)
Ferniehirst Castle	404	(1)
Culloden	405	(1)
The Standing Stones of Callanish	406	(1)
Ness	407	(1)
Carloway Broch	408	(2)
The Cairn in Loch An Duin	410	(1)
St. Clement's: Harris	411	(2)
Letter to Garber from Skye	413	(2)
Villager	415	(1)
The Right Madness on Skye	416	(7)
New Poems
Last Words to James Wright	423	(2)
STONE POEMS
Green Stone	425	(1)
Gold Stone	426	(1)
Gray Stone	427	(1)
Red Stone	427	(1)
Brown Stone	428	(1)
Blue Stone	429	(1)
MAKING CERTAIN IT GOES ON
Where the House Was	430	(1)
Elegy	431	(1)
O-Mok-See at Nine Mile	432	(1)
Tony	433	(1)
Distances	434	(1)
Here, but Unable to Answer	435	(1)
Salt Water Story	436	(2)
Ashville	438	(2)
Confederate Graves in Little Rock	440	(1)
Bannerman's Island	441	(1)
George Stubbs at Yale	442	(1)
Pishkun Reservoir	443	(1)
Poem for Zen Hofman	444	(1)
Death in the Aquarium	445	(1)
Making Certain It Goes On	446	(3)
Index	449