Prologue : leaving California -- Part I. Searching for home. "California is a poem" ; Blood atonement ; "An unfinished poem" -- Part II. San Francisco. Precious metals and gems ; A knack for rhyme ; Pearl of her tribe ; Unraveling ; Loss of love and poetry -- Part III. Oakland. The inferno ; "A perfect day" ; A strategic move ; Noble mentor ; Escape from the inferno -- Part IV. San Francisco redux. Out of the fire ; A wily muse ; Into the flames ; A laurel crown ; "Lady moon" -- Part V. New York. Welcome to Manhattan! ; Courting moonlight ; Last dance -- Part VI. Poetry as home. Heart-to-heart ; "Dew before dawn" -- Epilogue : the Ina Coolbrith Circle.
xxiv, 336 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
PS1397.P5Z77 2015. Archives Workroom Bookcase 3.