On the Vanishing of Large Creatures

by Hutton, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780887484650
• ISBN10: 0887484654
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-16
• Publisher: Carnegie Mellon Univ Pr

Table of Contents

ONE
Six of One	11
First Glance	12
Therefore	13
Comparative Biology	14
TWO
Shot Through	17
In Fact	18
Invisible Lament	19
Atmospherics	20
Right	21
Calendrical	22
Lorem Ipsum Dolor	23
THREE
On the Vanishing of Large Creatures	27
The First Day	28
Light, Lasting	29
Limits	30
Predecessors	31
Wuj akari, Yartij umurra, Arawunga, Tokwampari	32
Regret	33
Is More Than	34
For Tracy Cernan	35
Against Our Nature	36
Lost Armies	37
Asking	38
Seven Journeys	39
FOUR
In the Time It Takes	43
Bear Poem	44
On Being Wrong	45
Married	46
Plot	47
Other Autumns	48
FIVE
Still	51
On Queen Anne Hill	52
The Long Season	53
On Returning to the Midwest After a Seven-Year Absence	54
Kyrgyzstan	55
SIX
Kisses	59
Misunderstandings	60
On Receiving a Photograph of My Father, At Four	61
On the One Hand	62
Montgolfier	63
Spring	64
Another Note	65
My List	66