| I. | What Poetry Can Do |
| II. | Your Life |
| III. | Ideas in Things |
| IV. | Games |
| V. | Dogs and Cats |
| VI. | The Senses |
| VII. | Growing Up |
| VIII. | Metaphor |
| IX. | The Natural World |
| X. | Madeleines |
| XI. | Gender |
| XII. | Some Forms |
| XIII. | The Larger World |
| XIV. | Reading and Writing |
| XV. | Farewell |
| Appendices | |