Part I:  Love—thou art Veiled

Being Saved   17
Black and White at the Family Reunion   18
Friended   20
A Simple Little Cookie   21
Valentine’s Day   22
January Birthday   23
Why   24
Dinner   25
Picking Raspberries   26
Glad Day   27
Family Reunion Photo   28
Take Lifesavers When You Go   30
Mother’s Day in the Caribbean   31

Part II:  There’s a certain Slant of light

A Certain Knowledge   35
Evening in the Nursing Home   36
Nancy   37
First Anniversary   42
Consider the Jaws   43
Dragon Cave   44
African Violets   45
Measuring my Life   46
Old Women   47
Stories   48

Part III:  Provocations

The Gospel of Mark   51

Part IV:  I dwell in Possibility

All Summer Blue   61
Carolina Banks   62
Dreams   63
Insomnia   64
Heaven    65
Villanelle   66
The Word   67
Hanging On   68
Easter Visit   69
The Bowl   70
After the Evening News   71
Moving the Bees   72
The Field   73
Walk in November   74
Watching Candles on Christmas Eve   75
At Centering Prayer   76
To the Mountain   77
Longing for Freedom   78
There is a Way   79

The Author   81