This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

      Cover art and design by Quemadura.

      TO VANISHED & VANISHING SPECIES

      TO JOHN KEATS & WILLIAM BLAKE

      TO THE AVOCET & THE ANT

      TO OUR PARENTS IN LATE AGE

      TO THE CANDLE & THE BURNT MATCH

      TO ROBERT DUNCAN & BARBARA GUEST

      TO SCIENCE & THE ANCESTORS

      TO OUR BROTHERS BRENT & BRAD

      TO NATURE & THE WORD NATURE

      TO GARY SNYDER & FORREST GANDER

      TO THE OUTLAW & THE ELECTRON

      TO PINES ON SIERRA GRANITE

      TO INVERNESS & OUR CHILDREN, TO COLE & ELLA

      TO JOSEPHINE, HAZEL, FIONA & FINN

      TO OULIPO & OCCUPY, TO THE BATEAU

      TO C. D. WRIGHT & LYN HEJINIAN

      TO BOOKSTORES, TO KLM & CC

      TO THE GROUP READING PROUST IN THE GARDEN

      TO BAUDELAIRE, MICHAEL O & MICHAEL P

      TO PARIS, TO NORMA COLE & WALTER BENJAMIN

      TO POETS IN NORWAY, BERLIN & CHINA

      TO POETS IN LIBYA, MYANMAR, SEOUL & BRAZIL

      TO THE SPIRITS AWAKE IN THE NIGHT, TO BODIES

      TO WOMEN AWAKE IN THE WORLD

      TO PEOPLE MOANING AT GAS PUMPS, TO THE STUDENTS

      TO PROTESTING CORPORATE VIOLENCE

      TO DUST IN FORECLOSED HOUSES, TO FACTS

      TO MARIE HOWE & BRADLEY MANNING

      TO HUMANS AT SAINT MARY’S, TO THE SQUIRRELS

      TO PROSE, TO LINDA S & JANE V

      TO CAL BEDIENT, ’ANNAH SOBELMAN & THE CATS

      TO FOOD & THE FUTURE OF POETRY

      TO CHILDREN LEARNING TO SPELL, TO THE SPELL

      TO FRAN LERNER & NAN NORENE

      TO HUMAN & NONHUMAN MEANING, TO LICHEN

      TO LEON LEARNING TO READ

      TO THE WARBLERS OF CALIFORNIA, TO BASEBALL

      TO BOB UPSTAIRS WORKING

      TO LOVE & THE UNSAYABLE

      TO THE FIRE IN EVERYTHING

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