I rose from marsh mud, algae, equisetum, willows, sweet green, noisy birds and frogs to see her wed in the rich

He lived—childhood summers thru bare feet then years of money’s lack and heat beside the river—out of flood

Keen and lovely man moved as in a… to be considerate in lighted, glas… almost outdoor office. Business wasn’t all he knew. He knew music,… Had a heart. “With eyes like your…

You are my friend— you bring me peaches and the high bush cranberry you carry my fishpole

My friend tree I sawed you down but I must attend an older friend the sun

Feign a great calm; all gay transport soon ends. Chant: who knows— flight’s end or flight’s beginning for the resting gull?

And the place was water Fish fowl flood

The wild and wavy event now chintz at the window was revolution . . . Adams to Miss Abigail Smith:

Grandfather advised me: Learn a trade I learned to sit at desk

Mr. Van Ess bought 14 washcloths? Fourteen washrags, Ed Van Ess? Must be going to give em to the church, I guess. He drinks, you know. The day we m…

My wife is ill! And I sit waiting for a quorum Fast ride

I married in the world’s black night for warmth if not repose. At the close—

Ten thousand women and I the only one in boots Life’s dance: