Orlando Group and Friends : A Collection of Writings and Art

by Christine Blackwell; Stephen Caldwell Wright; Philip F. Deaver

• ISBN13: 9780962138522
• ISBN10: 0962138525
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Arbiter Press

Table of Contents

Introduction
Who We Are, Then and Now	p. xi
Circles of Influence	p. xvi
Engaging, Honest Inquiry	p. xxi
Evocations
Esther Williams Story	p. 3
A Celebration of Circles Poem	p. 8
Chinese Lover Poem	p. 9
Voices Carry Story	p. 10
A Reminder Poem	p. 13
Advice to Patrick, Soon to Be a Father Poems	p. 14
County Fair
Breath Poem	p. 16
Southern Ballet Photography	p. 17
Girl in the Blue Dress Poems	p. 22
Order for the Burial of a Child--Methodist Hymnal this house
Leialoha--Valley of the Temples, 1970
Protocols Memoir	p. 27
Walking in My Grandfather's Fields Poems	p. 42
Bluejays
Science Poem	p. 45
Remembered Poem	p. 47
Best Friend Story	p. 48
Throatingale Screenplay Excerpt	p. 50
Last Night's Walk Poems	p. 64
Everywhere I Go, I Carry
Matrimonio Memoir	p. 67
Marya Poem	p. 75
And So Many Others Poems	p. 77
Reunion
Upon the Hour of Her Leaving
The Natural World
Absence of Water Poem	p. 83
Chokoloskee Bay, Florida Creative Nonfiction	p. 85
Hemingway Always Somewhere Poem	p. 89
Late Autumn, Port Orange Poems	p. 91
Portuguese Man o'War
Tropical Son Essays	p. 94
The Season Poem	p. 104
July Poems	p. 106
Kingfisher
Song of the Open Hand
Please Tell Paul Klee Poem	p. 109
Things That Look the Same Poem	p. 110
Catastrophe Poem	p. 112
Symbiosis Poems	p. 113
Return
All That Jazz
Body of Music Poem	p. 117
No. 1 Poems	p. 118
No. 6
Artist's Gallery Drawings	p. 121
The Road to Kerouac Journalism	p. 125
Wind Poems	p. 137
Veterans
Apron Strings
The Writer's Life
Two Poets in Conversation Dialogue	p. 143
Horizontal Worlds Poem	p. 150
Pensacola Poem	p. 151
Poem Must Not Be Embarrassed by Reality Poems	p. 154
The Woven Tree
Zora and Me: A Long-Term Relationship Essay	p. 156
Porch Talk Story	p. 162
The End of Faust, the Secular Humanist Poem	p. 172
Readers Poems	p. 175
On Finding Your Letter in My Notebook
An American Life Poem	p. 178
Book People Photography	p. 181
The Language of Dreams Creative Nonfiction	p. 191
Betrayals and Redemptions
Weep No More, My Brother Novel Excerpt	p. 215
Reunion Screenplay Excerpt	p. 231
Where Hell Is Poem	p. 247
She Temptress Poem	p. 249
Me Llamo Pilar Story	p. 250
My Own Fire Prayers	p. 260
Blessing for a Lonely Night
Unstable Poem	p. 262
Sister's Absolution Poem/Story Excerpt	p. 263
The Sister--Menda
Forty Martyrs Story	p. 267
Shadow Masque Novel Excerpt	p. 294
Death Date Story	p. 304
Declaration of Ingratitude Poem	p. 316
Modern Times
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Novel Excerpt	p. 319
Welcome to the Underworld Memoir	p. 323
Experienced, Jacksonville 1967 Poem	p. 329
Religion Poems	p. 331
I Am A Black
Love Thy Neighbor Poem	p. 334
Documentary Poem	p. 336
The Vietnamese Cricket Poem	p. 337
My Plans Story	p. 338
Handcuffed to the Jukebox Poem	p. 343
Another Reason I Don't Carry a Card Poem	p. 345
Houdini Wish Poems	p. 347
Cages
Concentration Camp Inside My Mind Poem	p. 349
Family Feeling Novel Excerpt	p. 350
Rest Stop Story	p. 364
The Other Mother Story	p. 376
Neighborhood of Ghosts Poems	p. 388
Christmas Magnolia
Mating Waltz
Call Story	p. 393
World's Biggest Garage Sale Journalism	p. 407
The Fall of Rome Poem	p. 411
Prayer for All Things Rising Prayer	p. 413
dot.org Digital Art	p. 414
Biographical Index	p. 415
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