Spells. Annie Finch

101

       Lesson from a Rock, 102

       Reconciliation Bread, 103

       Night Rain, 104

       Fawns, 105

       An Imaginary Companion, 106

       The Ages’ Years: A Dialogue, 107

       Harvest Seam, 108

       Sundown, 109

       Shallow Sky, 110

       Childless, 111

       Wrist-Bracelet, 112

       Wine-Glass Woman, 113

       Lady Bug, 114

       A Wreath of Time, 115

       She That, 116

       From The Encyclopedia of Scotland

       Invocation, 117

       One, from “Rockwood,” 121

       The Body of the Thing, from “Feeding the Admiral’s Pussycat,” 129,

       POEMS, 1979–1970

       The August Porch, 133

       Spells, 134

       A Dusk Song, 135

       In Cities, Be Alert, 136,

       List, 137

       Still Life, 138

       Coy Mistress, 139

       When Daphne Ran, 140

       Lucid Waking, 141

       Sapphics for Patience, 142

       Another Reluctance, 143

       A Way to See, 144

       First Poem, 145

       Caribou Kitchen, 146

       PERFORMANCE WORKS, 1983–2010

       “Creation Story,” excerpted and adapted from Sheba in Eden, 149

       From The Mermaid Tragedy, 156

       From Marina Tsvetaeva: A Captive Spirit, 161

       From Among the Goddesses: An Epic Libretto in Seven Dreams, 167

       From Wolf Song, 173

       TRANSLATIONS, 1978–2010

       The Seafarer, 185

       Louise Labé

       Sonnet 2 [Handsome Brown Eyes], 190

       Sonnet 5 [Bright Venus], 191

       Sonnet 13 [The Ivy and the Tree], 192

       Sonnet 14 [The Point of Death], 193

       Sonnet 16 [Impotence], 194

       Sonnet 18 [Kiss Me Again], 195

       Sonnet 19 [A Meeting with Diana], 196

       Sonnet 21 [Love Forces My Judgment], 197

       Sonnet 23 [The Tangle], 198

       Anna Akhmatova

       The White Bird, 199

       Cleopatra, 200

       Lot’s Wife, 201

       Andrée Chedid

       Thirst, 202

       In Praise of Emptiness, 203