My Name is William Tell -- Sniffing the Region -- 1. Doing My Job. Today Again. At Lascaux. They Carved an Animal. For Later. Coyote. Remembering Mountain Men. Graydigger's Home. Out in the Garden. Inheriting the Earth: Quail. Roll Call. Walking at the Zoo. Priorities at Friday Ranch. .38. Forestry. Ways to Say Wind. Snow on the Ground. Tidepool. Pacemaker -- 2. Dreams of Childhood. One of the Many Dreams of Childhood. Together Again. Stereopticon. Storm. Old Man by the Road. For a Young Man at an Airport. Tracks in the Sand. Why I Am a Poet. Atwater Kent. A Face. Remembering. Awareness. That Year. In Hurricane Canyon. Scenes of Rain in the Mountains. Waiting by the Sea. A Country Epitaph -- 3. Our Town Owned a Story. The Strange Face on the Sand. A Story for a Winter Night. The Librarian at Fort Yukon. Widow. Vocatus atque Non Vocatus. The Gift. One Man. Today. The Stranger. A History of Our Land. Everything Twice. Storm in the Mountains. Hills. Standing and Knowing.
Summary
A collection of poetry considers Nature's instructive capacity and ways in which we can tap it for sustenance in our lives.
Awards
Western States Book Award for Lifetime Achievement in Poetry, 1992.
