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The poem "Blood Memory" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line:A field where nothing grows appeared to me; Last Line: Before the peace, before I've heard my name.

The poem "The Flowers and the River at the Walking Bridge" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: Late-season black-eyed Susans, stooped but tall, Last Line: Imperfect guides to where the river led.

The poem "Mid-October," by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: Birds flying too high for me to see what birds. Last Line: Whitening, shrinking, stillest sacrament.

The poem "At Twilight" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: The sun had lost its glare and some of its heat. Last Line: Of pending revels, of encompassing love.

The poem "The beginning of spring" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: In early February, winter gray, Last Line: Spring has come early this year of all years.

The poem "O Ophelia!" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: Impeccable August sky; Last Line: That shame the stoic beauty of the world.

The poem "Out of the depths" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: God isn't love or isn't God. This is, Last Line: Doesn't show up but should.

The poem "Night comes" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: Unspecific guilt; Last Line: Then, finally, grief.

The poem "Good move, 1962" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: Fifties split-level, clapboards olive green; Last Line: I thanked him then, the one and only time.

The poem "My father's tragedy" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: You lost your bearings. Lear, too, loses his. Last Line: To love that would presume to change our mind.

The poem "On the First Anniversary of My Father's Death" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: Rain, early March rain; Last Line: Forgive, or forget.

The poem "Fear not, little flock," by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: This morning--outdoors, walking--; Last Line: That up can look like down?

The poem "Winter Birds" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: "But what about the birds that don't fly south?" Last Line: Love's presence, unavailing, undeterred.

The poem "Her words are light" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: How strong I feel the sun! Last Line: Her words? Always there is grace.

The poem "October Friday" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: A boy is walking home from seventh grade, Last Line: To burn, as God-like leaves do in the fall.

The poem "En plein air, September" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: This bus stop in late sun-- Last Line: And the end-of-summer heat.

The poem "Praying for eyes to see" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: I've watched the surface of a lake being pitted; Last Line: The soul inside him.

The poem "The New Year's Geese" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: El Niño winter. January. Geese; Last Line: I’ve found unseen, piercing as parting sound.

The article presents poem "The widowed professor's new purpose" from Charles Hughes. first Line: His lectures that he likes best; Last Line: It matters what he says.

The poem "Worm under the sun" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: A nightcrawler has found itself marooned, Last Line: If only the right child would happen by.

The poem "Candlepower" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: Candles come out a couple of days; Last Line: Thus, candles burn, and Christmas starts.

The poem "Christmas poem," by Charles Hughes, is presented. First Line: This house I have stands deep, Last Line: Your weakness bright to see.

The poem "The bees, etc., one Sunday afternoon in July," by Charles Hughes, is presented. First Line: There are more urgent things to do than dig; Last Line: However far it is from sabbath rest.

The poem "A sad story (told by an elderly lawyer about a client) prompts a prayer" by Charles Hughes is presented. First Line: He saw his parents killed. Their car. Last Line: Lord, heal our vision where it starts.