| ~1~........................................................................ | |
| POET'S PERMISSION.......................................................... | 2 |
| FLYING ON I-5 SOUTH........................................................ | 3 |
| LATE FALL BIRDS............................................................ | 4 |
| SLEEPING TOGETHER.......................................................... | 5 |
| DREAMS, HIGH GRASS......................................................... | 6 |
| MEDITATION, PERFECT AIR—RED DEER RIVER..................................... | 7 |
| FLIGHTS.................................................................... | 9 |
| REPORTS FROM LI BAI........................................................ | 10 |
| SAYING A TUNE BY THE CHOWCHILLA RIVER...................................... | 11 |
| CAT—DESCRIPTIVE MUSIC...................................................... | 12 |
| A MORNING HOME ALONE....................................................... | 14 |
| MOOD....................................................................... | 15 |
| FOLLOW WHISTLING........................................................... | 16 |
| WAKING INTO WATER, LIGHT AND MUSIC......................................... | 17 |
| DOING THE SIMPLE THING..................................................... | 18 |
| ATTRACTIONS OF A FANTAST................................................... | 20 |
| ~2~........................................................................ | |
| WE SLIDE THE LAST BOX...................................................... | 24 |
| NEWS CLIP, 1959............................................................ | 25 |
| NORTH SHORE, SIERRA LAKE................................................... | 26 |
| PRIVATE TALK, LATE DECEMBER................................................ | 27 |
| DESERT TOWN................................................................ | 29 |
| NOTES—WALKING SMALL TOWNS UPSTATE.......................................... | 30 |
| WE COME IN, DOORS SLAM..................................................... | 32 |
| EXQUISITE IN VIENNA STREETS................................................ | 33 |
| TWO FARM LIVES—STORM TO SUN................................................ | 35 |
IN THE HALL BATHROOM MY WIFE PULLS HER HAIRDRYER OUT, TELLS ME HER DREAM WHERE...................................................................... | 36 |
| WALKING, HE THINKS OF HIS WIFE,............................................ | 37 |
| RAINSTORMS AND A HILL TO CLIMB............................................. | 38 |
| WALT WHITMAN'S PASSING..................................................... | 41 |
| MEDITATION AT CAPE COD..................................................... | 42 |
| SUNDAY MORNING—RED-TINGED.................................................. | 44 |
| JULY MEMORY—MONTEREY....................................................... | 45 |
| THE CAR HUMS............................................................... | 46 |
| A BOY TO HIS GIRL—IN FRONT OF HER FRONT DOOR............................... | 47 |
| THINKING TO YOU AFTER GOOD-BYE............................................. | 48 |
| VISIT TO THE OLD MAN—ELY, NEVADA........................................... | 49 |
| SUMMER MARKETPLACE. THAT GIRL'S BARE FEET,................................. | 51 |
| 2 A.M.—YOU ARE NOT THE ONE................................................. | 52 |
| PROFESSOR BALTZ AND HER POEM OF SNOW, SENIOR YEAR.......................... | 53 |
| HUTS BELOW SMOOTH HILLS.................................................... | 57 |
| ~3~........................................................................ | |
| FADED MAPS................................................................. | 62 |
| RADIO SOUND................................................................ | 64 |
| FAIRY-TALE................................................................. | 66 |
| NIGHT. PASSAGES............................................................ | 67 |
| NERUDA'S BRANCH-TIPS....................................................... | 68 |
| MEDITATION, RIVERINE—ON A WALK IN THE SIERRAS.............................. | 70 |
| STATE HIGHWAY 108—DRIVING TO HIGH SPHERES.................................. | 73 |
| ANOTHER SUNDAY MORNING..................................................... | 75 |
| CHINESE FAN—A CHANT........................................................ | 77 |
| TIBET—CONTEMPLATION VISIT.................................................. | 78 |
| CHINESE WINDS.............................................................. | 79 |
| SUMMER NIGHT. MY BOY CUPPING A ROBIN....................................... | 80 |
| AFTER A MEASURED CUP OF WARMING BRANDY,.................................... | 81 |
| IMPRESSIONS, MENDOCINO AFTERNOON,.......................................... | 83 |
| MORNING, DECEMBER SIXTEENTH................................................ | 84 |
| UNSEEN HAND................................................................ | 86 |
| TESTIMONY.................................................................. | 87 |
| I DRIFT ASLEEP............................................................. | 88 |
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| PARTY, 1971. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND........................................ | 92 |
| SONG IN A STEEP HEADLAND................................................... | 94 |
| 6 A.M.—DRIVING NORTH SUNRISE............................................... | 96 |
| HERE IN AMERICA............................................................ | 97 |
| CHILD AND SODA............................................................. | 99 |
| NEW-YORK-CITY COOL AT THE RED LIGHT........................................ | 100 |
| WRITING GOGGLES ON......................................................... | 102 |
| DANCING IN THIN AIR........................................................ | 103 |
| FRESHMAN THOUGHTS. FIRST DATE.............................................. | 105 |
| RENTER.... |