Collected here in one volume are more than sixty poems from Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jack Ketchum. 

Included in this collection: 
JOHNNIE MACK BROWN 
HOBOE’S MEMOIR 
WHEN I AM A BOY 
ARTHUR 
KU 
KU TWO 
11/11/87 
ANNOUNCEMENT 
BEAST 
CONTACT 
CATS HIDE NOTHING 
SLEEPING WOMAN 
FIREFLIES 
HEARTS 
FOR CAITY 
CHRISTMAS DAY, 1969 
TO LANCE AND CATHY’S CHILD ON THE AFTERNOON OF HER BIRTH, JULY 9TH, 1970 
BILLY’S DAD 
BETHEL, NEW YORK, AUGUST 16, 1969 
A TERRIBLE THING 
WINGS 
MICHOU 
AN HONEST WORD 
DREAMS THE LUNA MOTH 
MONDO CANE 
ST. JOHN 
GREECE 
SWORD AND SANDAL 
CATS’ HAIKU FOR PAULA ON THE ROAD 
QUESTION 
SECOND VIRGIN 
REHEARSAL, MARAT/SADE, 1969 
POETIC 
TV GUIDE 
MATHEMATICS 
VINNI 
TRAGEDY 
THE TEACHER, 1969 
CRISIS 
FOR CUJO 
M.D. 
WALK 
BETHEL, NEW YORK , AUGUST 16, 1969 
JANIS 
A PROMISE 
MORNING STAR 
IMPERATIVES 
ON “THE GATES”, NYC 
CATSKILL MORNING OBSERVATION 
THE LETTER 
CLOCKING 
IMPERATIVES TWO 
NOTE 
FOR ABBIE HOFFMAN 
FOR JULIUS HOFFMAN 
KU YOU 
FOR K. 
RITUALS 
THAT MOMENT 
FOR PHILIP H. SCHREYER, 1924-2005 
OLD AGE 
SUICIDE NOTE #1

EMPATHY