Grand Magazine - July/August 2008 - (Page 76)

grand finale What boat What boat now brings you out of darkness into the swoop of barn swallows? —We say the swallows are rejoicing because if we could dart and shimmer and dive and soar as they do, skimming the air, we would be rejoicing. As in this noontime thinking of you, dotterson or dotterdotter, I am rejoicing. You rode in her when she curled in me, you are big as a berry now with a beating heart. Grasses blow, heavy with seed. Queen Anne’s lace spreads its snowy mantles where sunlight warms the wood that warms my back. This bright and swimming world will soon be yours. Pollen, thistledown, hills to the sea in fog below me. Redwing blackbirds whistling, child. Sundrunk flies bumbling, buzzing. —Ann Fisher-Wirth 76 GRAND JULY AUGUST 2008

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Grand Magazine - July/August 2008

Grand Magazine - July/August 2008
Contents
Grand View: Love Is All That's Left
Isn't It Grand?: Reassessing the Postponed Life
Grand Central
Just So We Know: One Mixed-Up Lemon
Long-Distance Love: Cuttings
Ask Grand: Stuck on Stuff
Grand Gestures: "Thanks for the Ugly Gift"
Tips on Teens: All That Doesn't Meet the Eye
Live Long and Propser
On the Cover: Peter Yarrow
Presents of Mine
Thicker Than Water?
Reunions: White Water, White Knuckles
The Grand Gourmet
So We Are Not Alone
Looking Grand: Suit-Able
Grandbloggers: Why Watch TV When We Can Talk?
Grand Bazaar
Resources
Grand Finale: What Boat

Grand Magazine - July/August 2008