Table of Contents

1 From Summoned (1977-82) 2 Don't try 3 What is the capital of absence? 4 From Motives (1981-84) 5 The Menhirs 6 The Canal 7 Outside-Inside 8 The Salt Flats 9 The Sea 10 From Now (1993) 11 We always want 12 Growing old 13 You haven't succeeded 14 When nothing is happening 15 I don't belong to myself 16 Space attracts 17 You, lovely bluebird, 18 What a dance 19 You don't see 20 What are you waiting for? 21 From Everydays (1994-96) 22 Pebble, probably granite, 23 From Present (1987-97) 24 If I stop looking at the ravine 25 Things 26 When suddenly dawn appears 27 Look at yourself 28 I look at a rock 29 Why talk to the stones? 30 Poetry is the impassioned quest 31 Question 32 From Possible futures (1996) 33 Silence

About the Author

Patricia Terry was Professor of French Literature at Barnard College and the University of California San Diego until her retirement in 1991. She is the author, translator, and editor of numerous books & essays related to medieval French verse and 19th- and 20th literature and poetry. Translators reside in San Diego, Calif.