Cover -- Other books by author -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Poetry -- The Sorrow and the Grace of Vultures -- In the Attitude of Prayer -- Proof of Angels in This World -- Tired of Loss and Sin -- What Might Be Called Burning -- A Parable of Dust and Color -- Listening to a Scratched... -- Prayer and the Pain of Backs -- The Passion of Radishes -- What Passes Here for a River -- You Don't Know What to Call This -- Of Light and Dark and Violins... -- The Singing in the Next Room -- Rumors in the Heart of the Pear -- Faith Isn't in the Hands -- The Blessing of Onions -- A History of What Music Can Do -- A Persistence of Parakeets -- Omens in a Night of Sleep... -- True North -- Something about Murder and Love -- The Wren Warm in Her Palm -- Her Naked Feet Sang Mozart -- Signs of Collapse -- Flesh Made Words -- Under the Sad Weight... -- Rumors Whispered Under... -- Asking Forgiveness of the Ohio -- Anything but Indifference... -- Libretto for an Opera... -- About the Author.