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 Howes 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. Lucilles 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 Hazleys 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