Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-75).

Natural history -- Before the fetus proves viable, a stroll creekside in the High Sierra -- "still in a state of uncreation" -- Ars poetica : Mercator projection -- Ultrasound -- Ars poetica : cove song -- Nullipara -- Ars poetica : field trip -- Trophic cascade -- After birth -- Frequently asked questions : #1 -- Frequently asked questions : #2 -- Ars poetica after William Carlos Williams -- Frequently asked questions : #3 -- Ars poetica apocalyptica -- Last kiss -- Glacial erratics -- Conspiracy -- Frequently asked questions : #4 -- Frequently asked questions : #5 -- Ars poetica : after the dam -- Mother daughter hour -- Notes on what is always with us -- There are these moments of permission -- Because it looked hotter that way -- Poor translation -- From the first, the body was dirt -- Still life -- Characteristics of life -- Frequently asked questions : #6 -- Bîtan -- One to watch, and one to pray -- Frequently asked questions : #7 -- Brevity -- Frequently asked questions : #8 -- soldier's girl -- What I know I cannot say -- Assignment #3 : write about your favorite book -- Frequently asked questions : #9 -- Against nostalgia -- Where bushes periodically burn, children fear other children : girls -- Frequently asked questions : #10 -- How great the gardens when they thrive -- Commute -- oh my dear ones.