Facing High Water

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“These poems shine with a Taoist sensibility and the wisdom and simplicity of self. John Brandi, as a traveler throughout Asia and the Americas, gives us the artist’s heightened sensitivity and clarity of detail; and poems of rare precision, charm and truth.”—Joanne Kyger, author of About Now

From the Himalayas, Angkor Wat, the barrios of Old Havana, the highlands of Chiapas, and the streets of New York, John Brandi’s poems lead us toward rapport with the natural world and our own inner landscapes.

John Brandi is a poet, writer, and artist. He is the author of thirty-eight books of poetry and nonfiction.

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"These poems shine with a Taoist sensibility and the wisdom and simplicity of self. John Brandi, as a traveller throughout Asia and the Americas, gives us the artist's heightened sensitivity and clarity of detail; and poems of rare precision, charm and truth." -- Joanne Kyger, author of About Now

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Living in the Mountains
I Lift the Wine, Put My Eye to the Glass	p. 11
Evening Poem	p. 12
Walking with Frank O'Hara and Po Chu-i	p. 13
Early Evening, Gazing East	p. 15
Has the Old Homeland Changed?	p. 16
Cloud Pilgrim	p. 18
Weminuche Wilderness, Late August	p. 19
Missing a Good Friend Gone Far	p. 20
Waiting for Snow	p. 21
At It Again	p. 22
Staying on Course	p. 23
A Rose for Lorca
A Rose for Lorca	p. 27
Where the Bus Left Us	p. 29
A Dance Hall in Baracoa	p. 30
It Was When	p. 32
Meditations at the Pier of Light	p. 33
Anything, Compadre	p. 34
Teaching in the Rust Belt	p. 36
Setting the Boat Adrift
Li River Song	p. 43
Traveling Deeper	p. 44
Downwind in a Drifting Boat	p. 45
Nostalgia	p. 46
Phnom Penh	p. 47
Angkor Wat	p. 48
Visiting a Taoist Recluse	p. 49
Among Higher Beings	p. 50
The Chai Wallah's Story	p. 51
The Gem Ghetto	p. 53
How to Proceed to the Marriage Bed	p. 55
Hiding Eros	p. 56
Facing High water
The Right Time	p. 63
Poem from Moon Hill	p. 64
In from Afar	p. 65
The Cliffs above Poshouinge	p. 67
Work Song While Gardening	p. 68
It's Happened	p. 70
Time is Short	p. 72
Browsing a Bookstore	p. 73
Two Poems from the Delta	p. 74
Self Portrait in Central Park	p. 76
for Creeley	p. 77
Looking for Water	p. 78
Poetry a Conspiracy	p. 80
Do Me Love	p. 81
Tuesday, July 7th	p. 83
3 in the Afternoon	p. 84
When the Hearth Fire Burns Out	p. 86
Letter Written in a Late Winter Storm	p. 87
Notes to the Poems	p. 89
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