CONTENTS
Fiddlehead Fettuccine 7
Waiting for the Public Phone in Whittier 8
To Mary Whalen 8
The Flounder 9
To My Daughter, a Shoreline Cleanup Worker 10
Triage 11
Elegy for a Lifeline 12
Saturday Morning 12
Moving On 13
Riki's Reel 14
Alaskan Coastal News 15
Toss Off the Lines! 15
Rapids and Slack Water 16
A Motionless Turn 16
To a Fishermen Met in Pelican 17
Gambier Bay 18
Already a Silhouette 19
Gambier Bay 18
Running 19
Turning 20
Transitions 21
Thanksgiving Dinner with Dad 21
Before Breakup 21
Ninety-feet of Anger 22
Until My Father Calls 24
Winter Turn-over 25
Turbulence 25
To Be, Unperceived 26
Opportunities 27
Rain 27
The Bears of Montague 28
Lunch at the Village Inn 30
My Friends 31