These pieces were written to follow the lines, rhythms and images of poems by Beth Roberts and are numbered according to their placement in the collection "Brief Moral History in Blue" (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2001). Click the * to read the poems..

01 Horseshoe Crab *  02 Lives of Things *
04 Nasturtium *  05 Tutti Frutti *  06 Keep House *
07 Cartoon *  08 Late Orpheus and Recent Eurydice *
12 The Zone at the End of Summer *  14 The Narrow Escape *
16 Your Keep *  17 Burned House *  19 Blue Tick *
20 Crash Course *   22 Mind Makeup *  23 Year's End *
24 Near Miss *  25 The Real Thing *  27 Tangential North *
30 Desire Right *   31 The Cutting Edge *   35 Worth *
36 Could You Find It in Your Heart *   37 A Thing of Beauty *
38 Concentration *   39 First Map *   40 God's Country *
41 Instrumental *  42 Eli *  44 True to Form *
46 Loss Glossary (Abbrev.) *  47 Perfect Machine *

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