TABLE OF CONTENTS

POEMS

Rest, Heart 5
A Lion Wind 6
God’s Lighthouse Over Nashville 7
Pain & Pity 8
Genesis 1:1 9
A Psalm Of May 11
Standing & Falling 12
War Stories (part one) 13
Still Alive 15
Cricket Song 16
Sheet By Sheet 17
Outside/Waiting 17
Cherry Grove Fishing Pier 18
No Casting Zone! 19
The Moon Is The Middle Man 20
All Creation Labors On Sabbath Day 21
My Grandmother’s Prayer 22
Exclusion 23
Inclusion 23
A Lamp Post Looks Like A Sentinel 24
Noise Makes Itself Silent 25
Entrance To Elf Land 26
Tiki Torches In Suburbia 27
A Cool August Breeze 28
Walking Toward Bethlehem 29
Where I Live 30

PRAYERS

With Unutterable Groanings 32
( lines written April 26, 2004 34 )

Fill The Gray Void, Mighty One 41
( lines written October 8, 2004 43 )

In The Fields Of The Father 47
( lines written October 29, 2004 48 )

ETERNAL NEW YORK 54