Table of Contents
Table of Contents for
Before the First Word: The Poetry of Lorna Crozier, edited and with an introduction by Catherine Hunter
Foreword | Neil Besner
Biographical Note
Introduction | Catherine Hunter
Still-Life
Poem about Nothing
This Is a Love Poem without Restraint
The Child Who Walks Backwards
Carrots
Onions
Fear of Snakes
Quitting Smoking
The Goldberg Variations
Home Town
Male Thrust
Mother and I, Walking
How to Stop Missing Your Friend Who Died
On the Seventh Day
Living Day by Day
Angel of Bees
Canada Day Parade
The Dark Ages of the Sea
The Red Onion in Skagway, Alberta
The Wild Boys
The Garden at Night
Going Back
Dust
The Kind of Woman
Not the Music
Mrs. Bentley
Watching My Lover
What You Remember Remains
A Kind of Love
Wildflowers
The Origin of the Species
What the Snake Brings to the World
Original Sin: 1. The First Woman
Original Sin: 2. The Fall of Eve
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Afterword: See How Many Ends This Stick Has | Lorna Crozier
Acknowledgements