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S  \nH O U S E  \nLIB R ARY  \nFrom the Collection of  \nPoets  \n# TO TASTE THE WATER\n\nFI RST SERI ES:POET RY  \n# To Taste the Water\n\nPoems byNorman Minnick  \nMID-LIST PRESS  \nMinneapolis  \nCopyright ◎2000,20OI,2002,2003,2005,2006,and 2007 by Norman Minnick.All rights reserved.  \nPublished by Mid-List Press 4324 I2th Avenue SouthMinneapolis,Minnesota 55407-32I8.Visit our website at www.midlist.org.  \nMid-List Press publishes books of high literary merit and fresh artistic vision bynew and emerging writers and by writers ignored,marginalized,or excluded frompublication by commercial and mainstream publishers.Mid-List seeks to increaseaccess to publication for new writers,to nurture the growth of emerging writers,and,generally,to increase the diversity of books,authors,and readers.Mid-ListPress is a tax-exempt,sOɪ(c)(3),not-for-profit literary organization.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nMinnick,Norman,I970-  \nTo taste the water:poems /by Norman Minnick.  \np.cm.  \n“First series-poetry.”  \nISBN 978-0-9228II-74-8(trade pbk.:alk.paper)  \nI.Title.  \nPS₃613.I65T62007  \n8II'.6—dc22  \n20070I9909  \nManufactured in the United StatesFirst printing:August 2007  \nCover photo:Maple at Pike Islandby Mark Kawell.Copyright ◎2007 Mark Kawell.Text and cover design:Lane Stiles  \nfor LeAnn,Miranda and Dustin  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2019  \nhttps://archive.org/details/totastewater00minn  \nStacking Dishes in the Early Morning 3Her Inheritance 4  \nThe Silence between Notes (I)5The Blind 7Her Image 8  \nPissarro's The House of the Deaf Woman and the Belfry at Eragny 9Stranded IO  \nWhile You Work II  \nIngres's Valpincon Bather I2Things That Fly I3The Gift I6Migration I7The Current I8Our Guide I9Chinese Art 20  \nPoem between Basho and Levertov 22Hands 23  \nWaiting Room 24  \nHow Poetry Comes to Me 25Matters of Speaking 26Unfathomable Depth 28Falling Asleep 29  \nThree Small Poems about My Father 30Reading Little Red-Cap to My Daughter 3IForever Becoming 32  \nThe Silence between Notes (2)33Annuals 35  \nAnother Peace Rally 36Bainbridge,Indiana 37Pay Attention 38  \nWalking Along the Edge of the Woods at Dusk My DaughterAsks about God Again 39  \nBlue,Green,a Hint of Yellow 40The Sandpiper 4I  \nA Man Drives Many Miles42The Busy Street 43Scene 44Initiation 45  \nIt Wasn't Until I Reached the Age My Father Was When HeTook Me to See the Ocean That I Realized It Had Been HisFirst Time Too 46The Great Wind47  \nAcknowledgments 49","cbCaihBuHYSRLM0t","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihBuHYSRLM0t","pdf",2265430,64,"English","# Stacking Dishes in the Early Morning\n# Her Inheritance\n# The Silence between Notes (1)\n# The Blind\n# Her Image\n# Pissarro's The House of the Deaf Woman and the Belfry at Eragny\n# Stranded\n# While You Work\n# Ingres's Valpincon Bather\n# Things That Fly\n# The Gift\n# Migration\n# The Current\n# Our Guide\n# Chinese Art\n# Poem between Basho and Levertov\n# Hands\n# Waiting Room\n# How 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