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Book Synopsis"[Koethe's] new collection is that rarity, a book of poems with a genuine philosophical dimension and an elegant but conversational poise."--The New York Times Book Review "Solemn and playful, John Koethe's poems lock themselves gradually but firmly into one's memory. His new collection offers in his own words, 'happiness, for myself and strangers
Trade Review"[Koethe's] new collection is that rarity, a book of poems with a genuine philosophical dimension and an elegant but conversational poise."--The New York Times Book Review
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. ix*The Guarded Optimist, pg. 3*Dorothy Wordsworth, pg. 4*Each One as She May, pg. 6*A Long Lesson, pg. 7*Objects in Autumn, pg. 10*Kinderszenen, pg. 12*Partial Clearance, pg. 14*The Little Boy, pg. 17*Picture of Little Letters, pg. 18*Malignant Calm, pg. 19*A Refrain, pg. 20*A Sunny Day, pg. 21*Another Kind of Love, pg. 23*The End of the Summer, pg. 24*The Room Next to the Mind, pg. 25*The Narrow Way, pg. 29*The Late Wisconsin Spring, pg. 37*The Near Future, pg. 39*The Echo Chamber, pg. 41*Dark Bedroom, pg. 43*One Light, pg. 44*The Substitute for Time, pg. 46*In the Park, pg. 48*Notes, pg. 51
