Table of Contents
Preface xv
The Original Storyteller 1
On Dreaming 2
Centaur 3
To Hold the Sun 4
The Scop 5
The Spiritual Gravity of Place 6
The Realization of Nothing 7
Guests 8
The Moonlight Passage 9
The Speech 10
To Mrs. Charles T. Bucket of Greenfield, Massachusetts 11
The Visitors 12
The Capture 13
The Close 14
The Dark Amusement of Bears 15
The Shadow of a Name 16
Landscape with Clouds 17
The Birthright 18
A Mantra 19
Observations 20
Ownership 21
Song of the Journey 23
Configurations of a Timeless Kind 24
Beat the Drum Slowly 25
Dreaming Bear Speaks 26
Merger 27
Time and Essence 28
Chivalry 29
The Night Dance 30
A Spell for Setting Out 31
An Act of Mercy 31
The Woman Who Held Sway 33
To Speak of Nothing 34
The Mask 35
The Hollow Log 37
In the Telling 38
The Woman at the Glass Door 39
On the Imagination 40
Passage 41
The Shield that Came Home 42
The Zebra Report 43
The Marrowbone Manuscript 44
A Profound Evasion 45
Witches 46
The Ice Woman 47
The Visions of Stone Carrier 48
Pai-Mahtone 49
The Shape Shifter 50
Belief 51
On Horseback he Sings 52
The Instrument 53
Alexander and Bucephalus 54
The Poet's Muse 55
The Hat 56
The Shout 57
The Meadow 58
The Octopus Dreaming 60
Arfig the Witch 61
The Explorer 62
Prints 63
A Dream of Becoming Old 64
A Stroke Upon the Earth 65
Miss O'Keeffe of Abiquiu 67
The Whisperer 67
The Death of Beauty 68
Transparency 69
Shadow 70
Prayer to the Sun 71
Banter 72
The Breath of the Infinite 73
Through a Lens of Cold 74
The Green Stick 75
The Ghost of Adam Meagre 77
Confusion 78
The Intruder 79
To a Child this Gift 80
The Tyranny of Time 81
Blood Memory 82
Imposture 83
Handprints 84
The Portrait of Spencer Kohl 85
Crows 87
The Burning 88
A Stone for Singing 89
One Hunter 90
The Efficacy of Prayer 91
The Ultimate Dream 92
A Moral Equation in Art 93
Forewarned 94
Madness 95
Facets of Discourse 96
Sunrise 97
The Wall 99
A Woman's Voice 100
The Child's Discovery 101
The Griever 102
The Whirlwind 103
The Reading 104
The Piano Teacher 105
World Renewal 106
End Note 107