Traveling light -- When the snake became a man -- The stars are near -- Morning -- Hell and love -- Simple machines -- Firehouse -- Two trees -- Leafleting with Father Castle -- Divine comedy -- Beatrice -- The neighbors -- Wind trumps the world -- When you're gone -- Dublin -- The details -- Oldsmobile -- Marx's family -- Cooking in reverse -- Unloved -- Dream round -- Couples who smoke -- Rahula -- Old hippies -- For a friend about to give notice -- Three days in Savannah -- Now and then -- Short adventure -- My daughter's singing -- First crush -- The goose -- "My first escape" -- Weeping willow blues -- The world pushes back -- New laces -- Making love to Medusa -- 1917 -- Strait is the way -- Before falling asleep -- Our parents' stamina -- Pink carnations -- For Sarah, on her way to rock point -- Wolf hall -- For those who talk of growth -- First African -- North Easter -- Bartleby -- A song for Eleanor -- Waiting -- Confession -- Clearing the air -- Like church -- A flash of lithe white arms -- The Carlyles get a second chance -- The pearl -- Probably not this one -- Cousin Rick -- All I know -- The last man who knew everything.

2018 X.J. Kennedy Poetry Prize winner