My mother saw the green tree toad on the window sill her first one since she was young. We saw it breathe

Nothing worth noting except an Andromeda with quadrangular shoots— the boots of the people

Ten thousand women and I the only one in boots Life’s dance:

Feign a great calm; all gay transport soon ends. Chant: who knows— flight’s end or flight’s beginning for the resting gull?

Grandfather advised me: Learn a trade I learned to sit at desk

He lived—childhood summers thru bare feet then years of money’s lack and heat beside the river—out of flood

Popcorn—can cover screwed to the wall over a hole so the cold can’t mouse in

Keen and lovely man moved as in a… to be considerate in lighted, glas… almost outdoor office. Business wasn’t all he knew. He knew music,… Had a heart. “With eyes like your…

The wild and wavy event now chintz at the window was revolution . . . Adams to Miss Abigail Smith:

I married in the world’s black night for warmth if not repose. At the close—

Mr. Van Ess bought 14 washcloths? Fourteen washrags, Ed Van Ess? Must be going to give em to the church, I guess. He drinks, you know. The day we m…

I rose from marsh mud, algae, equisetum, willows, sweet green, noisy birds and frogs to see her wed in the rich

Old Mother turns blue and from us… “Don’t let my head drop to the ear… I’m blind and deaf.” Death from t… a thimble in her purse. “It’s a long day since last night.