Indiana Hill Country Poems
Date: Sept. 1, 2019

 

Contents

I Hill Country Poetics
Patoka River Invocation
The Catfish and the Poem
A Dream of Parents
They Twine in Green
The Altar in the Kitchen
Particles of Life
Our Lady of the Peace
Down the Alley
Five and Dime
Grandpa Benno on the Karl May Express
The Dark Red Heart
Spirit of Hills and Woods
Hill Country Poetics
Dialect Poetics
When Abe’s Mama Took Sick
Stillborn Love Song
Redneck Love Song
Moon Lover
Scorpio Wrecking Ball
Queen Anne Reflections
Southern Indiana Nocturnal
Over the Hill
In the Spirit House

II.A Prost to Our Roots
A Prost to Our Roots
Prophetic Ancestors
Franconian Fields
Franconian Cemetery Scene
All Saints’ Day, Erlangen
Garip and the Clouds
Kristina and the Scarves on the Bridge
Grandson in the German Woods at Four
You Stand There Ironing
Indiana Shadows and Light
Song of the Radio Bees
The Canal to Evansville
Spinning Cincinnati, Ferdinand, St. Henry
and Jasper Baseball
Where I Come From
Abe’s Worlds
What’s Deepest
The Dead Come Knocking
All Soul’s Blessing
The Lost Ritual of Listen
In the Garden of Stories
Sometimes a Song

III.Entering Lampert’s Woods
Heading South
Hometown Solo Walk
Hearing Poems Read in My Ancestral Dialect
Entering Lampert’s Woods
Sunday at the Lake
The Tolling of the Bells
Earth Song for Marilyn
Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day
Mary in a White Lace Dress
Sister Love
No Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
To Come Knockin’ at Your Door
Sister Breath
Big Soul Sister
Outside of Time
They Are Here with Us
Ohio River Panorama
Across the Ohio
Rose Petals in New Harmony
Morning Sylvan Symphony
Flow, River, Flow


 

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