I. The sea where it began

The sea where it began

Diver

Early rains

Scissors, paper, stone

Garden games

Kite morning

Watching stars

Vision

House lizards' god

The gecko

Yaya's lullaby

No laughing matter

The way of beetles

II. Children of war

Children of war

Johnny

Maila at five

Ka Virgilio

The raftsman never looked back

The war about to end

III. Other regions, other seasons

Night flight

Boat drill

Boat trip

Women's auxiliary

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Hidden lakes, secret rivers

Oregon coast in spring

Salmon run

September

Winter notes

Winter lichen

IV. Sojourner's housekeeping journal

Weather report

Foreigners

Flat feet and home

Doors

Scirocco

Blue

Watchers and trainers

Dog gone

Weeding and graves

Wall pastoral

Crows

From the kitchen window

Summer slaughter

November rites

Morendo

Letters

Do not pity the jilted lady

Estate sale

V. Detours and cul-de-sacs

To a young poet, in and out of hospitals

Jealous gods

Therapy room

Old logger's gifts

Retired

VI. Directions for departures

The messengers

Five ways

Sirens in winter

What to wear at the funeral

Prophecy

Departing

Rehearsals

Nanda devi

For Dylan Thomas

Recovering the drowned

Family picture after thirty years

VII. Caught in the eddy

Aquamarine

Typhoon

Harbor home