Gone Writing: The Poems of Moore on Sunday

Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
I . THE GREAT (AND NOT SO GREAT) OUTDOORS......Page 20
A Great Winter Sport......Page 22
January in Minnesota......Page 23
March Once More......Page 24
Dayton's Flower Show......Page 25
Spring, Sort Of......Page 26
Oh, the Natural World......Page 27
Late Summer Blues......Page 29
The Hay Fever Rag......Page 30
II. STRIKES, BALLS, AND LURES OF THE SPORTING LIFE......Page 32
Written during the Time of Year Formerly Known as Spring Training......Page 33
Opening Day Jive......Page 35
On Mother's Day and the Fishing Opener Falling on the Same Day......Page 37
Move It......Page 38
Heartbreak......Page 39
Kirby Puckett's Retirement......Page 40
Some Thoughts on the End of Fishing Season......Page 41
III. AH, THE HOLIDAYS......Page 44
Watching Schoolchildren See a Live Turkey for the First Time......Page 45
A Midwestern Thanksgiving......Page 46
Post-Thanksgiving Musings......Page 47
On Noticing That No One Ever Gets the Lyrics Right to "Good King Wenceslas" or Most Other Christmas Carols......Page 49
'Tis the Season......Page 50
A Yuletide Prayer......Page 51
A New Year's Judgment......Page 52
Considering New Year's Resolutions—Again......Page 53
Hopes for the New Year......Page 54
Once More into the New Year's Breach......Page 55
IV. FAMILIAL FOIBLES......Page 58
On Announcing for the First Time in Your Life That You Won't Be at Your Parents' House on Christmas Morning......Page 60
To All the Brand New Husbands......Page 61
Wisdom......Page 63
The Week after Labor Day......Page 64
My Beautiful New Niece......Page 65
More Wisdom......Page 74
My Wife's Birthday......Page 75
V. THE CULTURAL LIFE......Page 78
On Seeing the World's Largest Book, According to Guinness......Page 80
Thoughts on the Opening of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum......Page 81
Wisconsin Names the Polka as State Dance and Twenty-Second State Symbol......Page 83
Ethnic Cuisine......Page 84
A Dissenting Voice......Page 85
VI. BREAKING NEWS......Page 88
Sweeps Month......Page 89
On the Publication of a Report That Says Most People Don't Wash Their Hands after Going to the Bathroom......Page 90
"NWA Seeks Casino in the Sky"—Star Tribune Headline......Page 91
The Buzz around the Mall......Page 92
"Pelicans and Power Lines Don't Mix, Granite Falls Officials Find"—Star Tribune Headline......Page 93
Earth Mom......Page 94
Election Day......Page 95
The Last Word......Page 98