Visiting Rites

Phyllis Janowitz (1930–2014) taught creative writing and poetry at Cornell University. Her books include Temporary Dwellings and Rites of Strangers.

*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Case, pg. 3*Mrs. Lucky, pg. 4*The Apple Tree and Mrs. Lucky Enter Winter Together, pg. 6*Compensations, pg. 8*Games and Refrains of Children, pg. 10*Letitia and Prue, pg. 13*Visiting Rites, pg. 21*The Grandmothers are Getting Younger, pg. 23*The Soul has no Morality, pg. 24*Promises, pg. 27*Music of Stars and Wheels, pg. 28*The Contagious Hospital, pg. 29*Home, pg. 31*The Party, pg. 33*Tone Poem for the Spring of the Year, pg. 34*Rejects, pg. 39*Facts and Figures, pg. 40*Fisherman's Wife, pg. 42*The Fisherman, pg. 43*Fisherman's Wife #2, pg. 44*Minuet in a Minor Key, pg. 46*Electronic Capriccio for Solo Electron, pg. 47*Dry Soup, pg. 57*Liberty, pg. 58*Baptism at Stow Lake, pg. 60*Cygnet, pg. 62*Film, pg. 64*Cells, pg. 66*Waiting for Father in Pawling, N. Y., pg. 67*Solitude, pg. 69*Synechdoche by the Beautiful Sea, pg. 70*Jitters, pg. 71*Mendota River Inn, pg. 73*After the Fiesta at Mendota River, pg. 77*Celebration, pg. 80*Archaeology, pg. 81*Juice, pg. 83