Table of Contents

       ALSO BY WAYNE MILLER

       Title Page

       Dedication

       Praise

       A PRAYER (O CITY—)

       I

       DEAR AUDEN,

       THE FEAST

       II

       FLOODING THE VALLEY

       STREET FIGHT

       A HISTORY OF ART

       III

       A HISTORY OF WAR

       IDENTIFYING THE BODY

       IV

       I’VE HEARD THAT OUTSIDE THE CITY

       THE DEATH OF THE FRONTIER

       WINTER PASTORAL

       V

       THE ASSASSINATION LECTURE

       THE BEAUTIFUL CITY (IN 32 STROKES)

       IN THE MUSEUM: A PASTORAL

       VI

       AMERICAN AUBADE

       AMERICAN NOCTURNE

       VII

       THE DEAD MOOR SPEAKS

       SILENCE IN THE CITY

       VIII

       POEM SLIPPED BETWEEN TWO LINES BY VALLEJO

       NOTHING IN THE LETTERS: AN ELEGY

       REPORT FROM THE DYING DISTRICT

       IX

       THOSE BOYS

       THE WALL

       A TREATISE ON POWER (IN 32 STROKES)

       X

       IN THE BARRACKS: A FOUND POEM

       BOMBING THE CITY

       XI

       [THE CHILD’S CRY IS A LIGHT THAT COMES ON IN THE HOUSE]

       AFTER THE FEVER: A PASTORAL

       XII

       THE RESCUE

       ARCHEOLOGY

       XIII

       CPR

       OUR LAST VISIT

       XIV

       NOTES/SOURCES

       Acknowledgments

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