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

Reviews

"[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