The French Translation 52
Remedies 53 Grammar 54 From The Corner Seat 55
Higher Things 56 Of Comfort in Books 57 Entre Chien et Loup 58
Resolve 60 South 61
from plato ’ s ladder
On the Golden Isle, Amboise 65
Adult Single 66
Work 68 The Work 69 Cucaratxa 71 Mythologies 73 The Master in Italy 75 Cautionary Tale 76 Portrait: Premature Mid-Life 77 Plato’s Ladder: A Dialogue 80
The Weight of It 82
In the Country 84
Picardy 85 Trust 87 Roissy, December 1987 88
For Paul 90 Prophecy 91 At a Glimpse 92 Val De Loire 93 Tablet of the Law 95