Foreword: Child of darkness, by J. Baez.--Long time coming and a long time gone.--Harry and the celluloid passion.--Bold marauder.--The writer as cameraman.--Little nothing poems.--Poem for a woman who loved.--The passing of various lives.--Birthday.--Two Irish stories: With a copy of Dylan under my arm. An end to a young man.--The flax long ripe.--The Monterey Fair.--Let's choose up sides and play the game of life.--The good fortune of stone.--Celebration for a gray day.--Baez and Dylan; a generation singing out.--Waiting for news.--Returned from England (Along the Quai des orfevres).--American afternoon.--The priest that from the altar burst.--The vision of Brother Francis.--The field near the cathedral at Chartres.--Reflections in a crystal wind.