We Touch the Sky

this book "...completes the trilogy of verse about the sea, earth, and sky that has been Rod McKuen's major work over the past few years. Like The Sea Around Me and Coming Close to the Earth, We Touch the Sky deals openly and honestly with the nature and power of love, this time through images of the air and sky. These are inspirational poems -- poems of emotion, mind and spirit..." Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 2 Copyright......Page 4 Dedication......Page 7 Epigraph......Page 9 CONTENTS......Page 11 Author's Note......Page 13 CONTINUATION.........Page 15 BREAKING AND ENTERING......Page 19 ELEMENTS......Page 20 JUNE FLIGHT......Page 21 COUNTRY POEM......Page 25 LITTLE TOWNS AND PRETTY PLACES......Page 32 WINTER AGAIN......Page 45 JEAN, ONE......Page 46 JEAN, TWO......Page 54 JEAN, THREE......Page 56 APRIL 1978/SOUTH OF MOSCOW......Page 65 APRIL IN THE EAST......Page 67 AFTER STORM......Page 72 OLD HOUSES......Page 73 OLD HOUSES, TWO......Page 75 OLD HOUSES, THREE......Page 79 COMING THROUGH THE TREES......Page 85 POINT OF REFERENCE......Page 96 SUN SPOTS......Page 101 EXERCISE......Page 102 SO LITTLE SUN......Page 105 THE BUTTERFLIES ARE DRUNK ON SUNSHINE......Page 108 ONE: HEADING UP......Page 113 TWO: MOVING BEYOND......Page 114 BALLOON ONE: Perris, California......Page 115 BALLOON TWO: Durban, S.A.......Page 122 RALPH......Page 132 RALPH JAMES WASS (1948-1978)......Page 135 WHY I'M WALKING THROUGH THE UNKNOWN WAR......Page 139 ROMAN KARMEN (1906-1978)......Page 144 From "I'M NOT AFRAID'......Page 149 JACQUES BREL (1929-1978)......Page 150 RUNNER......Page 159 IN SUMMING UP......Page 160 PHASE THREE......Page 162 About the Author......Page 169 Thirty-six poems that complete McKuen's trilogy about the sea, earth, and sky