The Nick of Time: Poems

The Second Hemisphere of Time
	Asymmetry
	Bits and Pieces
	The Almost Audible Passing of Time
	Interval and High Time
	Lament for Barbara Guest: The Poem Begins in Silence
Velocity But No Location
Third Person Singular
	Lament for Robert Creeley
In Pieces
	Natural
	Tone Deep
	So Slight a Sound
	Plugs and Sockets
	Encounter
	Sunset Theory
	Broom or Heather
	This Delay
	Perseverance
	Undivided Attenuation
	Simple Nature
	Any Single Thing
	Offers of Sky
	The Equation Must be Beautiful
	Preconceptions without Delay
	The Problem with Pronouns
	Lament for Anne-Marie Albiach: A Complication of Gravity
Mandarin Primer
	Aspirates
	Tones
	Pronunciation
	The Radicals
	Vocabulary
	Characters
	Usage
	Adversative Conjunctions
	Calligraphy
	Miscellaneous Examples
	Recapitulation
Otherwise Smooth
	Lament for Michael Gizzi: No Both
White Is a Color
In Anyone’s Language, Again
	Silence
	Error
	Nouns
	Already Distance
	Punctuation
	Commas
	Intentions
	Detour
	Thread
	Possessive Case
	A Cough
	Traces of Seafoam on the Beach
	The Sky
	Life, You Replied
	Your Name
	The Need
	Your Singular, My Love
	Erased Referent
	Excess of Air
	Conjunctions and Constituents
	Lament for Edmond Jabès
Cut with the Kitchen Knife
Rehearsing the Symptoms
	Wanting
	Thinking
	Doubting
	Knowing
	Doing
	Coupling
	Escaping Analogy
	Meaning
	Translating
	Loving Words
	Aging
Acknowledgments and Sources