Part one. Madagascar vanilla. Magnolia The room where they found you Conjugal visit Friday evening The coroner at the tavern La Oscura All the wild winds of the world go howling through you Origami dove True love Understanding the sky Part two. Obituary of light : the Sangan River meditations Part three. Random acts of poetry. I was happy, once Ice-age lingerie Al Purdy took a bus to the town where Herodotus was born Rest area : no loitering and other signs of the times No Hablo Ingles Meter indicates there is no time left Carnal garage Love's tourmaline shirt studs Women poets from antiquity to now : an anthology My students dare me to write ... Fred Biggar swims nude in the reflecting pond with koi Thirty-two uses for Al Purdy's ashes Part four. Heroines. New in town Her-row-in Picture-man (i, ii, iii, iv, v) Where do you find love Love's like Question (six poems) Mother's Day behind the West Hotel Baby, 1995-1995 Fathers The difference between nothing and zero Childhood Spare me I never thought much about my body Bad date Rape happens What I'm planning