Title Page -- ALSO BY ANN IVERSON -- Acknowledgments -- Dedication -- FIRST LESSON -- SUNFLOWERS -- ACHILLES HEEL -- THE GREAT BLUE HERON -- STORM -- TO KNOW A SNOW ANGEL -- THEORY ON COLOR -- ALMS -- THE SCATTERING OF ASHES -- AFRAID TO SLEEP AND THEN AFRAID TO WAKE -- OLD LANGUAGE, NEW LIGHT -- LANDAMARKS -- THE POPPIES -- DRAMA -- LOVE -- HORSES -- SECOND LESSON -- MYOPIC VISION -- WISH FOR CHILDHOOD -- REVISION -- INTO ALL THINGS WE ENTER -- SOLSTICE NEARING -- AT THE HEART OF THE GARDEN -- THE RESURRECTION -- THE ILLUMINATED BIBLE -- WHILE PAINTING, ARS POETICA IN WINTER -- I HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS -- LADDERS TO THE SUN -- SEARCHING -- IN MEDIAS RES -- THIRD LESSON -- THE FIRST VINCENT VAN GOGH -- ART -- GOD TO ADAM -- ALL THESE BUTTERFLIES -- SPARE -- WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL FACILITY -- WAR POEM -- AT THE FOOD OF THE OZARK MOUNTAINS -- LEARNING HOW TO PAINT THE CLOUDS -- SOMETIMES -- GARDEN REVERIE W/MISS BISHOP -- AFTER PAINTING -- MOONS OF JUPITER -- STEP MOTHER -- TOGETHER IN THE WORLD -- LAST LESSON -- WHEATFIELD WITH CROWS -- THE FOUR O'CLOCK HOUR -- IN EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY -- RECKLESS -- SEASON -- WE BURIED HER IN THE FIELD -- NOVEMBER IN THE COUNTRY -- THE DEPOSITION OF DREAMS -- AUTUMNAL -- BRIDGES -- FLOWERS FOR DADDY -- TONIGHT I WISH FOR DEER -- ART LESSON -- ONE LIFE -- TODAY THE WORLD IS BEAUTIFUL -- ART LESSON II -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- Copyright Page.