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Book SynopsisThe poems in Rachel Hadas's new book are united by a common preoccupation with passage--passage variously construed. In Section I, the four seasons are glimpsed in turn through the lenses of several types of personal associations, especially parenthood. As spring gives way to fall and winter, separation looms; diverse kinds of temporary and permane
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*The Fields of Sleep (Summer, pg. 5*Earth and Air (Fall), pg. 12*Fix It (Winter), pg. 15*Hortus Conclusus (Spring, pg. 22*Over the Edge, pg. 26*Pass It On) I, pg. 33*Pass It On, II, pg. 34*The Blind Gates, pg. 36*Teaching Emily Dickinson, pg. 37*The Lost Filling, pg. 38*Mortalities, pg. 39*Pass It On) III, pg. 41*Teaching the Iliad, pg. 43*Philoctetes, pg. 44*Pass It On, W, pg. 45*Teacher between Terms, pg. 47*Generations, pg. 49*Summer in White, Green, and Black, pg. 55*First Hight Back, pg. 56*Odds Against, pg. 59*The Writing on the Wall, pg. 61*The Burial of Jonathan Brown 1983-1985, pg. 62*Three Silences, pg. 64*Four Angers, pg. 66*Five Botched Goodbyes, pg. 68*The End of Summer, pg. 71*Nourishment, pg. 72
