A rich portrait of the seemingly incommunicable expanses between people, places, and ideas¿and the ability of a poem to transcend the void.

ContentsCity of BirthCity of BirthArdorPreservationThe BrahmsBeatificationEmbarrassmentLovesicknessCitizen ThumbCitizen SmallMy Father's HoursCitizen MouthCitizen EyeCity of YouthBroadcast for the Last SnowfallLazarus"Every Angel Is Terrifying"Mynah Bird, Hobe SoundMagnificationThreeCalling Horses"An Apartment in the City of Death"City of TextsWaveArrival of the AlephThree Feasts: Simone WeilThe Crow's ProgressNight of the Death of SeegerLightest of Dogs, RomeHer SumsQ: In What City Does Your Mother LiveThe Liquid RChanceTennis with the DeadThe SibilantCarpA Young Man's Copybook: 1861-1864V-SignX, & Axe"Marie Curie's Century-old Radioactive Notebook Still Requires Lead Box"The Little Stairs of ZCometCity of DomesMy CarnationAn AshtrayAttic OrderHymnA Blue DishIn SteelMy TownA Pair of GlassesA Lost CupA SunfishA Box of ScrewsIn GoldA Doll's HeadGlad to Be UnhappyThe Church inside the Church Where Weil First Knelt to PrayIn MarbleA Poetry Shop in HeraklionA Stick FigureLetter from Rock CreekThe LeatherbackVan Gogh's Olive Grove: Orange SkyEating OutsideEmpire, DiscourseMagicAcknowledgments