Shade

These poems originally appeared in the following publications, to whom acknowledgement is here made; Ark River Review, Dacotah Territory, The Hunchback in the Park (Wales), Ghost Ship (Ireland), The Mill Mountain Review.

Note: These poems were written during the time 1964 - 1968 and were originally a part of the following manuscripts: Hard Figuring, So Long For This World, Blue Yodels, Touched Stones, Taking My Shade.

I too have slept all night in that stolen Cadillac
- Thomas Merton

Soybeans

The Last Dance

In Plain View

The Unbelievable Nightgown

Black Swan

A Man Born in the Forest

Born There

Gray

All In My Good Time

Leer

Drunk Song in May

Honeymoon

The Silence The Thicket The Sniffing

Fair Trial

The Hearse on the Other Side of the Canvas

Night Time

Wedding

Humming This Song Trying to Remember the Way Another One Goes

Tryst

Field Hands on Plantation Night

Slow Rag of the Yearbook

Living With Death

Called