Contents
I PREFACE
III INTRODUCTION
Camp
5 INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL PERSONS
7 LEGENDS FROM CAMP
26 POEMS FROM AMACHE CAMP
27 CONCENTRATION CONSTELLATION
29 LOOKING BACK AT CAMP
Fresno
33 INTRODUCTION
36 TO GET TO FRESNO
41 FINDING THE CENTER
43 RAYFORDS SONG
46 SWEATY
47 LISTENING TO HMONG RADIO
48 SEVEN WORDS OF POETRY
5O MEMORY
Jazz
55 INTRODUCTION
60 INVOCATION
62 TWO VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY
THELONIOUS MONK AS INSPIRED BY MAL
WALDRON:
68 LISTENING IMAGES
73 LOUIS ARMSTRONG
76 LESTER YOUNG
79 BILLIE HOLIDAY
81 CHARLIE PARKER
83 BUD POWELL
84 JOHN COLTRANE
85 RECOLLECTIONS
89 THE THEME |
Oregon
95 INTRODUCTION
96 APPRECIATING OREGON
98 A NIGHT IN THE VALLEY
99 MY FATHER AND MYSELF FACING THE SUN
101 AT THE STRONGHOLD
114 FROM LEFT TO RIGHT
115 EVERYTHING
116 JUXTAPOSITIONS
119 LOADING FEED IN THE GRANGE PARKING
LOT
120 THE SHOVEL PEOPLE
123 THE JOURNEY SOUTH
125 THELONIOUS MONK IN THE REDWOODS
127 TURNING IT OVER
128 A COUPLE OF GEESE OVER PHOENIX
130 THE DISCOVERY OF TRADITION
138 IN SO DOING
141 JANET
142 THINGS AS THEY ARE
Performance
147 INTRODUCTION
151 POEMS IN STONE
154 AKATONBO SONG
160 HEADWATERS
166 POEM FOR TELEVISION
169 ON BEING ASIAN AMERICAN
170 SOMETHING GRAND
174 IN THE STILLNESS
176 RED EARTH, BLUE SKY, PETRIFIED |