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Preface
Revelations of Ruth—Part II
I BETWEEN US
Growing old together
Ruth
Operation
Inner Self
Reminder
Overheard Phone Call
Surprise Treat
Shifting Vision
Olympic Spirit
Children’s Tokens
Patterns
Puff of Gold
Waiting for a Crisis
Pair Bonds
First Mourning Dove
Enlistment Day, 1942
Window Washer
Thrush at Her Elbow
II YARD VIEWS
Ivy Watch
Watching the Wind
Storm Warning
Wind Shower
Silent Song
No Turmoil
Fresh Snow
Late Winter Storm Warning
Magic Show
Watering Spell
The Watchers
Best View Yet
Acrobatic Wren
Delayed Migrant
Contrast
Worth a Try
Spring Surprise
Early Unsettled Spring
One More May Surprise
Drinking From Daisies
Gold On Gold
Just My Luck
Feeding Wild Birds
Misty Morning Surprise
Minor Movement
Face-Off
Footprints
Just That Simple
III MEADOW LINES
Rescued
Berry Picking
Free Treat
Walking Stick
Thin Red Line
Mausoleum
Territorial Imperative
Down by the Willows
The Absence of Snow
Repossessed
Unexpected Closeness
IV SOCIAL NOTES
Night Encounter, Edmonton
One Glimpse Enough
Lady With Legs
Unexpected Goal
The Lesson
Farewell to April
Wise Choice
Bright Moment
Rainy Day
V COUNTRY OUTINGS
Highway Casualty
Festive Trash
Monarch Lanterns
Follow the Leader
Daringly Close
Hot July Day
Watching the Train Go By
Passer Domesticus
New Species?
Winter Nest
About the Author
Tributes to Lady Grayl
Thanks are once again owed to Barry and Jane Penhale for encouragement in bringing together this new selection of poems, most of which were written since 1994. What a thrill, even to be considering another book of poetry, let alone to be selecting pieces for this fourth collection. It is an exciting and rewarding process. First Woman By the Shore, then The Mulch Pile, followed by Spring Again, all wonderfully published by Natural Heritage. I am reminded that this all began with correspondence between Louise de Kiriline Lawrence (1894-1992) and myself. Thanks to publisher Barry Penhale, Louise Lawrence’s various books are still available. In February 1998, Victor Friesen, author of The Year is a Circle: A Celebration of Henry David Thoreau, also by Natural Heritage, and now in its second printing, wrote to me as follows: “I’ve enjoyed your Woman by the Shore which
