Deed, forthcoming, September '07

Cover photo: Thrift Store Washington, Tim Davis.

CONTENTS

The Good House 4

The Spider Poems 36

The Given

Barnes & Chernobyl 54
Poem 55
1/43/97 56
The Given 57
Moist Feelings: A Love Poem 58
Identity is the Cause of Warts 59
Ted’s Head 60
Specifically the Luminous 61
The Strength 62
Floorboard 63
the love that is truly a refuge
for all living beings 64
XCVII ("she knows who she is") 66
The Narrative Quiescence 68

Homage to Homage to Creeley 70