The Welcome

Fables for the modern age. 

Part of the National Poetry Series.

David Friedman is a graduate of Cornell University and Columbia University. He lives in New York City.

Contents:
 Whirlwind
 Dreamer
 Flugelhorn
 The Green Bear Shanghaied
 Altimeter
 The Past
 Chef
 Magda
 Heliotrope
 Dishabille
 Ladder
 The Welcome
 Typewriter
 Cricket
 "In the Fullness of Time"
 A Reincarnation
 Missing Person
 Panama
 Pilgrim
 Seasons
 Tomfoolery
 Antelope School
 Shoe
 Time Poem
 Varlet
 Tourniquet
 The Little Pastor
 Back From Exile
 Point of No Return
 Advice
 Bluestocking
 Skydiver
 27 and 1/2
 A Brace of Firearms
 Who I Am
 Three
 Parade
 Mudflats
 Nepenthe
 Coffee
 The Box
 The One True Believer
 A Reunion
 On the Bridge
 Rock
 Born in England
 Bird of Paradise
 A Meeting
 Flight
 Love Poem
 The Key
 Watson
 5
 Shuteye
 A Mystery
 Trust Me
 Statistics
 To Be Part of a House
 Fortuitous
 Strictly Speaking