Table of Contents

Coming of Spring (Section 1)

Early Dreams (Section 2)

p23 (ASPERGES)
p25 Rimed chimneys…
p27 Evening nears.
p29 My mother, slender…
p31 Don’t call me, father,…
p33 ELMBROOK / S. Č.
p35 Indulgences —

Blades (Section 3)

p41 You are young.
p42 Yellow salvias…
p43 When I let down my hair,…
p45 I am an angry blossom…
p47 Mornings I part…
p49 Mold and rust.
p51 Golden harvest time.

To Girls (Section 4)

p57 Sometimes you tear open…
p59 I am a she-wolf,…
p61 I want to eat.
p63 Four o’clock bells…

My Mothers (Section 5)

p69 I water…
p71 They are all here:
p73 And the other women.
p75 Springs fly by!
p77 At the end…
p79 “I came like Water, and like Wind I go”
p81 B. V.

Tales of War (Section 6)

p85 Midday is red.
p87 Black herds…
p89 (MORITURI)
p91 Dawning.
p93 Firebrands still smoldering.