Selected Poems by Will Dockery

Act of Will: Selected poems, 1996-2019 is a 2019 collection of poetry by American poet Will Dockery.

Contents

 * 1) Poem for Kathy /7

I. Dreams and Art

 * 1) Self Portrait /11
 * 2) Sixties Dream Movie /13
 * 3) Apple Montage /15
 * 4) Smoke Beast Growing /17
 * 5) Bluebird /19
 * 6) At the Taco Stand /20
 * 7) Seems a long time ago, Tina /21
 * 8) Morning of My Life /28
 * 9) Irene Dämmerung /31
 * 10) Ganesha Girl on Rankin /33
 * 11) Decima for Decima /36
 * 12) Ragpicker Joe /37
 * 13) When the Mill Shut down /40
 * 14) Shadowville Speedway Blues /41
 * 15) Honeytrip /43
 * 16) Light and Chill /45
 * 17) Frayed Page Soaked in Rain /46
 * 18) from Saint Augustine Blues
 * 19) Chorus 5 /48
 * 20) Chorus 6 /49
 * 21) Stoneman the Cat /50
 * 22) Behind the Forest /52
 * 23) Signposts on the Outskirts /55
 * 24) Looking over the Bridge (Built in 1936) /59
 * 25) Sky Song  /61
 * 26) A Certain Music /63

II: My Wayward Muse

 * 1) To the Sea Angel /67
 * 2) Sunglass /68
 * 3) Wave 1999 /69
 * 4) Mari in 1982 /71
 * 5) A Green Glow at Midnight 2017  *
 * 6) Tuesday with Little Spain 1997 *
 * 7) Watermelon Moon 1976
 * 8) Skirt of Printed Sunflowers 2015
 * 9) Conversational Abyss 2002
 * 10) Picture Book Stares Back 2017 *
 * 11) Nightmare Tears 2018 *
 * 12) Looked All Over 1983
 * 13) Tired of Waiting 2018 *
 * 14) Karma Bombs 1998
 * 15) Winterworld Descending 2007-2016 *
 * 16) Stopwatch
 * 17) She Loves Bossa Nova
 * 18) Black and Blue Night
 * 19) Swamp Street Exile
 * 20) Life during Reconstruction 2017 *
 * 21) Twilight Girl 2014 *
 * 22) Deep Blue Sassafras 2019 *

Miscellaneous
The following are short poems which may appear in the book, depending on space considerations:

Commodore (2002) Haiku 417 v Haiku You Modern Memory v River Haiku v This Little Game (2002) Weasel Blues (2002) When v Winter Heat (2017) v