11 and was destroyed
by a logging truck. 1st
14 from his eyes / away 1st, EFTD
25 toward / towards IAML
28 EARWIGS: in IAML 103—4.
54 alone / almost alone AUP
29 NYQUIL: in IAML 46.
30 THE POSSIBLE: in IAML 183—4.
31 SHIFTLESS: 1st in Poetry [Chicago, Ill.] 146.6 (Sept. 1985): 344; in IAML 22.
32 THE YOUNG FIRE EATERS OF MEXICO CITY: 1st in Crazyhorse [Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock] 27 (Fall 1984): 11; in Tendril [Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—20 (1985): 404, IAML 119.
2 and blow it out over a lit candle 1st, Tendril
9 in / within 1st, Tendril
10 scorched / parched 1st, Tendril
13 silent / poor 1st, Tendril
14—15 through the streets, silently,
with a candle and a beercan filled with alcohol. 1st, Tendril
33 WHERE THE GROCERIES WENT: 1st in Seneca Review [Hobart and William Smith Colleges] 15.2 (1986): 46—7.
13 cupboards and / cupboards, and in 1st
24 jumped / may have jumped 1st
26 I wanted to tell you that machine is making 1st
32 doing / doing before I called 1st
34 WHAT I CAN DO: 1st in Northwest Review [Univ. of Oregon, Eugene] 24.1 (1986): 54; in IAML 49.
3 so that my loved ones can’t reach me to put the arm 1st
16 for the / the 1st
21 sunny / continued sunny 1st
35 THE LITTLE ROOM: in IAML 53.
36 SWEET LIGHT: 1st in TriQuarterly [Northwestern Univ.] 66 (Spring-Summer 1986): 144 in IAML 167; separately published as a broadside (Fairfax, Calif.: Jungle Garden Press, 1990).
37 THE GARDEN: 1st in Tendril 19—20 (1985):410—11; in IAML 131—2. All lines begin with capital letters in 1st.
4 that / that 1st
11—15 Lines 13—15 immediately precede lines 11—12 in 1st.
21—30 Stanza six immediately precedes stanza five in 1st.
40—1 There is an additional stanza between these lines in 1st. See note on
“The Fishing Pole of the Drowned Man”, (p.88).
38 SON: in IAML 23.
39 KAFKA’S WATCH: 1st in New Yorker [New York, NY] 61.35 (21 Oct. 1985): 117; in IAML 128.
Epigraph: [omitted in 1st]
6 Mohammedan / Muhammadan 1st
40 THE LIGHTNING SPEED OF THE PAST: in IAML 87.
41 VIGIL: 1st in Ploughshares [Emerson College] 11.4 (1985): 84.
42 IN THE LOBBY OF THE HOTEL DEL MAYO: 1st in Tendril [Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—2 (1985): 420.
10 looks / looks too 1st
19 Waving / Someone waving 1st
23 recall / be able to recall 1st
24 for the / the 1st
43 BAHIA, BRAZIL: in IAML 135—6.
44 THE PHENOMENON: 1st in Scripsi [Melbourne, Australia] 4.2 (Nov. 1986): 193; in IAML 154.
1 wiped / whipped 1st
45 MIGRATION: 1st in Ontario Review [Princeton, NJ] 24 (Spring-Summer 1986): 48—9; in EFTD 9—10, IAML 161—2.
5 You / Have you 1st
13 down / down, 1st, EFTD
16 might / might set me at ease and 1st, EFTD
29 My friend stood up, as I recall it, the whole time. 1st, EFTD
31 stay still, was / sit was 1st
stay still was EFTD
41—2 He kept moving
until we reached the front door and stopped. 1st, EFTD
46 from / off 1st
51 He’ll / He’d 1st
53 of him. Until he reached a place only he knew about. 1st
54 Arctic / arctic 1st
56 down, / down 1st
46 SLEEPING: 1st in Paris Review [Flushing, NY] 28.100 (Summer-Fall 1986): 60; in IAML 163.
14—15 In jail.
Behind the wheel.
On boats. 1st
16 He slept in line shacks, and in a castle, once. 1st
18—19 In blistering sun.
On horseback he slept. 1st
47 THE RIVER: 1st in Poetry [Chicago, Ill.] 148.3 (June 1986): 127; separately published as a broadside (Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1986); in IAML 160.
5 grilse / grisle 1st, Ewert, AUP
20 that other shore hung with heavy branches 1st, Ewert
dark lip of the mountain range behind Ewert
48 THE BEST TIME OF THE DAY: separately published as a broadside to honor RC upon his receiving an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the Univ. of Hartford on 15 May 1988 (Lewisburg, Pa.: privately printed, 1988).
49 SCALE: 1st in Caliban [Ann Arbor, Mich.] 1 (1986): 99—100, Scripsi [Melbourne, Australia] 4.2 (Nov. 1986): 190—1; in IAML 201—2.
Dedication: [omitted in Scripsi]
5 rising / is rising Caliban
13 finishes / finished AUP
25 thirty / 30 Caliban, Scripsi
34 much / much, much Caliban, Scripsi
44 human / whole human Caliban, Scripsi
50 THE SCHOOLDESK: 1st in Scripsi [Melbourne, Australia] 4.2 (Nov. 1986): 188—9; in IAML 143—5.
64 of / in 1st
51 CUTLERY: 1st in New Yorker [New York, NY] 62.5 (24 Mar. 1986): 38; in IAML 109—10.
1 twenty / 20 1st
16 inside; / inside, 1st
52 THE PEN: 1st in Zyzzyva [San Francisco, Calif.] 1.3 (Fall 1985): 121—2; in IAML 122—3.
53 THE PRIZE: 1st in Quarry West [Univ. of California, Santa Cruz] 20 (1984): 50; in Northwest Review [Univ. of Oregon, Eugene] 23.1 (1985): 44.
7 What / But what 1st, Northwest Review
10 As / Just as 1st, Northwest Review
22 As / It was as 1st, Northwest Review
54 AN ACCOUNT: in IAML 164—5.
55 THE MEADOW: 1st in Scripsi [Melbourne, Australia] 4.2 (Nov. 1986): 194; in EFTD 21, IAML 26—7.
12 where he lived / he lived in, 1st, EFTD
24 her / its 1st
25 I will / I’ll 1st, EFTD
56 SINEW: 1st in Atlantic [Boston, Mass.] 258.5 (Nov. 1986): 112; in IAML 98—9.
7 on / in 1st
11 still and warm / still warm 1st
12 cuckoo / cuckoo bird 1st, AUP
23 all / is all 1st
29 near. / near, 1st
30 Holds / holds 1st
31 smiles / smiles, 1st
57 WAITING: in IAML 185.
58 ITS COURSE: 1st in Ontario Review [Princeton, NJ] 24 (Spring-Summer 1986): 46—7; in EFTD 12—13, IAML 96—7.
9 yonder, where those houses are. 1st, EFTD
“yonder, where those houses are.” AUP
14 It could wake you up from a deep sleep, he said. 1st, EFTD
23 county / country 1st
35 after / angling for 1st, EFTD
37 after all. I remembered what he’d said 1st, EFTD
after all. I remembered what he’s said AUP
38—9 about the young men who used to run
at this hill with their motorcycles. 1st, EFTD
41 else / else younger. 1st, EFTD
42 my / My 1st, EFTD
59 THE WHITE FIELD: 1st in Seneca Review [Hobart and William Smith Colleges] 15.2 (1986): 48—9; in IAML 93—4.
6 him / that 1st
42 back / went back 1st
60 SHOOTING: 1st in Caliban [Ann Arbor, Mich.] 1 (1986): 101; in IAML 108.
1 belly,/ belly. 1st
2 cradling / Cradling 1st
61 THE WINDOW: 1st as a holiday greeting card (Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1985); in Scripsi [Melbourne, Australia] 4.2 (Nov. 1986): 187, IAML 95.
62 HEELS: 1st in Scripsi [Melbourne, Australia] 4.2 (Nov. 1986): 192—3.
7 dust / dust critters 1st
21—2 that could stamp on things. Spiders,
maybe, or garter snakes. Anything. 1st
30 fumble / fumble and fumble 1st
63 THE PHONE BOOTH: 1st in Northwest Review [Univ of Oregon, Eugene] 24.1 (1986): 52—3.
&nbs
p; 29 that close in there. The phone
still warm to the touch 1st
30 a / that 1st
35 in coins / coins in 1st
64 CADILLACS AND POETRY: 1st in Ploughshares [Emerson College] 11.4 (1985): 80; in IAML 114—15.
19 a / was a 1st
27 car / car again 1st
65 SIMPLE: 1st in Ohio Review [Ohio Univ.] 37 (1986): 59; in IAML 166.
66 MOTHER: 1st in Poetry [Chicago, Ill.] 147.3 (Dec. 1985): 127; in EFTD 11, IAML 59.
14 goddamn / goddam 1st, EFTD
67 THE FIELDS: in IAML 196—7.
3 that’d / that’s AUP
68 EVENING: 1st in Scripsi [Melbourne, Australia] 4.2 (Nov. 1986): 187; in IAML 140.
2 as darkness / into evening as it 1st
69 THE REST: 1st in Poetry [Chicago, Ill.] 146.6 (Sept. 1985): 347; in IAML 174.
1—3 Clouds hang loosely over this mountain
range behind my house. In a while
the light will go and the wind come up 1st
18 high blue / dying 1st
70 SLIPPERS: 1st in Raccoon [Memphis, Tenn.] 24—5 (May 1987):176; in IAML 198.
6 told of / told 1st
21 Then called / Then AUP
24—5 it has moment. Those lost slippers. And the discovery
that brought a cry of delight. 1st
71 ASIA: 1st in Ploughshares [Emerson College] 11.4 (1985): 78—9; in Northwest Review [Univ. of Oregon, Eugene] 24.1 (1986): 61, IAML 203—4.
27—8 [no stanza break in 1st]
30 rail, / rail IAML
36 mind / minds IAML
37—8 of the horses
where it is always Asia. 1st, Northwest Review
72 THE GIFT: 1st in Seneca Review [Hobart and William Smith Colleges] 15.2 (1986): 50—1; in IAML 205—6.
8 the airport / Galitea Airport 1st
9 left / left there 1st
15 even a / even 1st
21 onto the / onto 1st
27—8 sat in the bathroom close to the sink. If I shaved,
as I did one morning, the pan of water bubbled 1st
30—1 I sat on the bed, dressed, clean-shaven, drinking
coffee, putting off what I’d decided to do. Finally, 1st
36—8 this month. He didn’t have it.“It’s okay,” I said.
“I understand.” And I did. We talked
a little more, then hung up. He didn’t have it. 1st
52 moves / moves me, 1st
A New Path to the Waterfall
First edition: New York, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989. Introduction by Tess Gallagher. Publication date: 15 June 1989.
First signed, limited edition: “Of the first edition of A New Path to the Waterfall two hundred copies have been specially printed and bound. These books are signed by Tess Gallagher and numbered 1 to 200” (limitation leaf).
First paperback edition: New York, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989. Publication date: May 1990.
First English edition: London: Collins Harvill, 1989. Publication date: 21 Sept. 1989.
Dedication: Tess. Tess. Tess. Tess
Epigraph: “Gift” by Czeslaw Milosz, The Collected Poems 1931—1987 (New York, NY:Ecco Press, 1988) 251.
Copy-text: First edition, first printing, collated and corrected against later editions and printings.
Small-press sources and separate publications: NK, WI, ANTSM, F, TD, His Bathrobe Pockets Stuffed with Notes (Raven, 1988), Looking for Work/Downstream (n.p., 1988), The Painter and the Fish (Ewert, 1988), The Toes (Ewert, 1988).
1 WET PICTURE (JAROSLAV SEIFERT): The Selected Poetry of Jaroslav Seifert (New York, NY: Macmillan, 1986) 37.
2 TWO WORLDS: 1st in Midwest Quarterly [Pittsburg (Kans.) State Univ.] 14.1 (Oct. 1972): 63; in TD 15.
3 SMOKE AND DECEPTION (CHEKHOV): from “The Privy Councillor”, The Wife and Other Stories, vol. 5 of The Tales of Chekhov, trans. Constance Garnett (1918; New York, NY: Ecco Press, 1985) 237.
4 IN A GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH NEAR DAPHNE: 1st in South Dakota Review [Univ. of South Dakota] 10.4 (Winter 1972—3): 88; in TD 16. All lines begin with capital letters in 1st and TD.
7—8 Ruined walls.
Wind rises to meet the evening. 1st, TD
5 TRANSFORMATION: in WI 38—9.
Title: “The Transformation” WI
19—23 Later we play the entire film
again and again.
I see the woman keep
falling and getting up, falling
and getting up, Arabs
evil-eyeing the camera.
I see myself striking WI
27 Holy Land / Holyland WI
32 with / like WI
37—8 My grin turns to salt. WI
6 THREAT: in WI 33. All lines begin with capital letters in WI.
2 it / it, WI
7 CONSPIRATORS: in WI 11. All lines begin with capital letters in WI.
2 woods, / woods WI
8 three / 3 WI
8 THIS WORD LOVE: 1st in Poet and Critic [Iowa State Univ.] 7.1 (1972): 2; in ANTSM 44. In 1st RC’s assigned critics are Simon Perchik and Christine Zawadiwsky.
Title: “This Word Love” 1st, ANTSM
2 I love you / I love you 1st, ANTSM
10 my arm throws no shadow even, 1st, ANTSM
11 it too is consumed
with light 1st
14 heavy and shakes itself, 1st
heavy and shakes itself ANTSM
15—16 and begins to eat
through this paper.
Listen. 1st, ANTSM
17—21 [omitted in 1st, ANTSM]
9 DON’T RUN (CHEKHOV): from “A Visit to Friends”, The Unknown Chekhov, vol. 14 of The Tales of Chekhov, trans. Avrahm Yarmolinsky (1954; New York, NY: Ecco Press, 1987) 223.
10 WOMAN BATHING: 1st in West Coast Review [Simon Fraser Univ.] 2.1 (Spring 1967): 9; in NK [19]. All lines begin with capital letters in 1st and NK. In 1st and NK there is an additional line after line 7:
A few minutes only?
In 1st and NK a stanza break follows this line. The two resulting eight-line stanzas are printed side by side.
10 Time is a mountain lion. 1st, NK
11 THE NAME (TOMAS TRANSTRÖMER): Selected Poems 1954—1986 (New York, NY: Ecco Press, 1987) 93.
12 LOOKING FOR WORK [2]: in WI 16; see “Looking for Work” [1] in F; separately published with “Downstream” as a broadside (n.p.: 1988). The ANP version is identical with that in WI. The broadside, which otherwise agrees with WI and ANP, lacks the comma ending line 6 (likely a typographical error).
1 I have / I’ve F
13 door, / door. F
14 gleaming. / They are gleaming. F
13 THE WORLD BOOK SALESMAN: 1st in Levee [Sacramento State Univ.] 2.2 (Jan. 1967): 5; in Prairie Schooner [Univ. of Nebraska] 17.2 (Summer 1968): 122—3, NK [28], WI 42. Lexically, all four versions agree. Punctuation and spelling differ slightly in each text, as does lineation in 1st. Illustrations:
3 turns he / turns, he 1st, Prairie Schooner, NK, WI
7 world; / world: NK
10 it is all there,
all there 1st
12 crack / crack, 1st, Prairie Schooner, NK, WI
13 slam. / slam Prairie Schooner
20 art. / art NK
14 THE TOES: 1st in Poetry [Chicago, Ill.] 151.2 (Oct.—Nov. 1987): 27—8; separately published in a limited edition (Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1988).
24—5 Are these really my toes?
Have they forgotten Ewert
15 THE MOON, THE TRAIN: 1st in Zyzzyva [San Francisco, Calif.] 4.4 (Winter 1988): 63—4.
3 sanitoriums / sanitariums 1st
13—14 pair is ahead? Who is keeping score? The ball goes back and
forth, back and forth. Everyone seems to be playing perfectly, 1st
38 Once more / Again 1st
16 TWO CARRIAGES (CHEKHOV): from “The Wife”, The Wife and Other Stories, vol. 5 of The Tales of Chekhov, trans. Constance M. Garnett (1918; New York, NY
: Ecco Press, 1985) 64—5, 67.
17 MIRACLE: 1st in Frank [Paris] 8—9 (Winter 1987—8): 16—18.
91 be / be, 1st
92 but they’re not, dead. And that’s part of 1st
18 MY WIFE: 1st in New: American and Canadian Poetry [Trumansburg, NY] 7 (Sept. 1968): 12; in TD 14. All lines begin with capital letters in 1st and TD.
19 AFTER THE FIRE (CHEKHOV): from “Peasants”, The Unknown Chekhov, vol. 14 of The Tales of Chekhov, trans. Avrahm Yarmolinsky (1954; New York, NY: Ecco Press, 1987) 187.
20 from A JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN RIVERS (CHARLES WRIGHT): The World of the Ten Thousand Things: Poems 1980—1990 (New York, NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1990) 224.
21 SONGS IN THE DISTANCE (CHEKHOV): from “Peasants”, The Unknown Chekhov, vol. 14 of The Tales of Chekhov, trans. Avrahm Yarmolinsky (1954; New York, NY: Ecco Press, 1987) 174—5.
22 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR FISHING (STEPHEN OLIVER): from Scenes and Recollections of Fly Fishing in Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmoreland (London: Chapman and Hall, 1834).
23 OYNTMENT TO ALURE FISH TO THE BAIT (JAMES CHETHAM): from The Angler’s Vade Mecum (London: Thomas Bassett, 1681).
24 THE STURGEON: 1st in Ball State University Forum [Muncie, Ind.] 8.4 (Autumn 1967): 9—10; in TD 9—11.
1 flat side / flatside 1st, TD, AUP
12 itself / himself 1st
13 to large, freshwater rivers, 1st, TD
14 100 / a 100 AUP
and takes a 100 years getting around
to its first mating. 1st, TD
14—15 [no stanza break in 1st, TD]
17 that weighed / weighed 1st, TD
34 of the Yukon River
in Alaska 1st, TD
39 that went / went 1st, TD
40 at Celilo Falls
on the Columbia River. 1st, TD
42 a story then
about 3 men he knew long ago in Oregon 1st, TD
52—5 even then —
just my father there beside me
leaning on his arms over the railing,
staring,
the two of us staring up
at that great dead fish,
and that marvelous story of his, 1st, TD
56 surfacing, / all surfacing 1st, TD
surfacing AUP
25 NIGHT DAMPNESS (CHEKHOV): from “Across Siberia”, The Unknown Chekhov, vol. 14 of The Tales of Chekhov, trans. Avrahm Yarmolinsky (1954; New York, NY: Ecco Press, 1987) 270.
26 ANOTHER MYSTERY: 1st in Poetry [Chicago, Ill.] 154.1 (Apr. 1989): 3. Lineation varies considerably in 1st:
2—6 What’d I know then about Death? Dad comes out carrying a black suit in a
plastic bag. Hangs it up behind the back seat of the old coupe