1. Park Bench, Chinese Poet, Bob Summers 2. Dragonfly, Insects, Famous Deaths p. 5 3. Chance Writing, Meister Eckhart, Jewish Saints, Ahmadinejad p. 11 4. Lamb, Seders, Elijah, the Last Supper, Gospel of Mark p. 13 5. Christ, The Lamb p. 19 6. Diary of the Mind, Santa Maria de Popola, Campo de Fiori p. 24 7. Amalfi Coast, Dogs p. 25 8. Tyler Art School, Louise Fishman, Boris Blai p. 28 9. Rome, Pope, Jews p. 31 10. Fanny Howe's The Winter Sun, God p. 33 11. Christians in Haiti, Haiti p. 34 12. Fanny Howe, Education of the Poet p. 36 13. Straddling, Publishing Late p. 37 14. My Mother and Father p. 39 15. The Pennsylvania RR in Pittsburgh p. 40 16. Back pain, Rome, Athletes, Joe Louis, Billy Conn p. 41 17. Jack Gilbert p. 44 18. Haiti, the Long History p. 45 19. Stan Barret p. 46 20. Comedy, Leipzig, Germany, Bach, Terry Gross, MOVE, My Humor 21. Rugby and Business, Quaker Interview, Sports p. 59 22. Papacy, Deicide p. 61 23. Work for Government During the War, Movies in Indiana p. 63 24. Learning Poetry, Living Cheap, Workshops, Iowa p. 65 25. Dragonflies and Being p. 70 26. Robin and Uncle Harry p. 70 27. Lucille's death p. 72 28. Robin, Crises, Pianist at Zaks, Kenneth Gabura p. 75 29. Redbud, Late Spring, 50 more pages, Marie Ponsot p. 80 30. Alana Rose p. 84 31. 26 Vandam, William Merwin, John Gardner, lost girl p. 85 32. Kamps, Signs Over Gates p. 91 33. Dragonflies p. 91 34. My Big Mouth, Tourettes, Karis, Birth Mothers p. 93 35. Trip to New York With Poet-Potter p. 95 36. James Schuyler p. 97 37. Dragonflies, Dog Eat Dog p. 99 38. Medal at Academy of Arts, Pearlstein, Levine p. 100 39. Meister Eckhart p. 103 40. Larry Levis, Caravaggio p. 105 41. Angela Hazley's Death p. 110 42. Haiti, Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, Aristide, AIDS p. 114 43. New Zealand Poet, Broadsides, Creeley p. 119 44. Demystification, Gilgamesh, Spinoza p. 120 45. Hank Evans, Remorse, Gilgamesh p. 124 46. Etheridge Knight p. 127 47. McChrystal, Pruning Hooks, Chris Hedges, Israel p. 135 48. Charlie I p. 141 49. Israel p. 142 50. Nut-Death, Grandfather, Transit Cop p. 144 51. Marie Ponsot p. 148 52. Again Haiti p. 148 53. Charlie and Elvira II p. 148 54. McChrystal p. 149 55. Robert Bernat p. 150 56. Montpellier, Carmen, Bill Basnight p. 153 57. Diane Freund p. 156 58. Atlantic City p. 157 59. Charlie III p. 157 60. Libby p. 158 61. Bialystock, 1906 p. 161 62. Poland I p. 163 63. Poland II p. 164 64. Neighbors I p.166 65. Lev Going p. 171 66. Lev Not There p. 172 67. Neighbors II p. 174 68. Neighbors III p. 176 69. Neighbors IV, John Cage p. 181 70. Atlantic City p. 186 71. Childhood in New York, p 187 72. Henry James on NY p. 189 73. Henry Miller, Air Conditioned Nightmare 191 74. Miller, New York p. 193 75. Simone de Beauvoir, New York p. 195 76. Atlantic City p. 199 77. Turkish Restaurant in Paris p. 199 78. Paul McCartney p. 200 79. Yom Kippur Pear p. 201 80. Betty Cray, p. 203 81. Hole in Forehead p. 204 82. Port Authority Bus Terminal p. 210