Cures for Travel

This is a dynamic collection by the winner of the PEN West Poetry Award. Rich's poetry tracks the globe, drawing us into the lives of ordinary people on nearly every continent.

Susan Rich teaches at Highline Community College in the Seattle area and in the Antioch University MFA Program in Los Angeles, California.

Guide Book
Not a Prayer	p. 15
Flight Path	p. 16
Change	p. 18
The Exile Reconsiders	p. 20
A Poem for Will, Baking	p. 21
Everyone in Bosnia Loves Begonias	p. 22
Fissure	p. 24
Photograph, May 10, 1933	p. 26
Poem For Mr. Raphael Siv of the Irish Jewish Museum	p. 27
The Sand Woman	p. 28
Mohamud at the Mosque	p. 30
For Sale	p. 32
The dead eat blueberry scones for breakfast	p. 33
Mapping the Territory at Alki Beach	p. 34
Missing Home	p. 35
Mr. Saturday Night	p. 36
Early Impression	p. 37
Nisqually 6.8	p. 38
Talking Geography
What You Americans Should Know: Partial Stories	p. 41
The Music of Things	p. 42
Polishing Stars	p. 43
The Women of Kismayo	p. 44
White Lilacs One Year Later	p. 46
Morning Meditation at the Alki Beach Cafe	p. 48
Annamaghkerrig	p. 50
Ghazal for Everyone	p. 51
In Transit	p. 52
Bosnia, Again	p. 54
Traveler's Tale	p. 56
What the Baker Wants	p. 57
If You Could Lick My Heart	p. 58
Special Reports	p. 59
Day 7, The Beginning	p. 60
After you've gone, the house	p. 61
Self-Portrait with Trampoline	p. 62
Iska's Story	p. 64
Crossing Borders
What She Leaves Unspoken	p. 71
What saved me was geography	p. 72
In Search of Alternate Endings	p. 74
My Mother Returns at Low Tide	p. 76
To My Mother, Dead Eight Years	p. 77
Reclamation	p. 78
Text Messaging the Dead	p. 80
Invitation to Mr. W.	p. 82
In the Beginning	p. 83
The Men You Don't Get to Sleep With	p. 84
Did You Hear, The Israelis Have Outlawed Watermelons	p. 86
Aubade	p. 87
We Talk of What You'll Do When You Return	p. 88
Sarah's Story	p. 90
My Response to Happy Birthday Emailed a Decade Late	p. 92
Scriptorium	p. 93
Until This Evening	p. 94
At the Corner of Washington and Third	p. 95
Notes and Dedications	p. 96
About the Author	p. 98
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