| My Papa's Waltz The whiskey on your breath could make a small boy dizzy |
| The Ferryer Three years after my father's death |
| With Kit, Age 7, at the Beach We would climb the highest dune, |
| My Father on His Shield Shiny as wax, the cracked veneer Scotch-taped |
| Yesterday My friend says I was not a good son |
| Descriptions of Heaven and Hell The wave breaks |
| Working Late A light is on in my father's study. |
| Inventing Father In Las Vegas If I could see nothing but the smoke |
| Parents What it must be like to be an angel |
| The Idea of Ancestry Taped to the wall of my cell are 47 pictures: 47 black |
| my father moved through dooms of love my father moved through dooms of love |
| Do not go gentle into that good night Do not go gentle into that good night, |
| Daddy You do not do, you do not do |
| Blood |
| Whose Mouth Do I Speak With I can remember my father |
| My Father's Hat Sunday mornings I would reach |
| Father Outside A black river flows down the center |
| Those Winter Sundays Sundays too my father got up early |
| Father's Song Yesterday, against admonishment |
| Grief Calls Us to the Things of This World The eyes open to a blue telephone |
| Man of the Year My father tells the story of his life |
| The Idiot With green stagnant eyes |
| Lay Back the Darkness My father in the night shuffling from room to room |
| To Her Father with Some Verses Most truly honoured, and as truly dear |
| Father My father knows the proper way |
| Only a Dad Only a dad with a tired face |
| A Boy and His Dad A boy and his dad on a fishing-trip |