W. S. Di Piero reads poems from his fifth collection, The Restorers (1992), as well as poems that would later be published in Shadow Burning (1995). The poems are inspired by place—particularly California, Italy, and Philadelphia—and subjects as diverse as natural history, the lives of the saints, and the realm of Faerie.
Di Piero, W. S. "The Museum of Natural History." The Restorers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
"The Faery Child." The Restorers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
"Saint Francis of Assisi." The Restorers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
"The Hotel Room Mirror." The Restorers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
"In Calabria." The Restorers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
"Starlings." The Restorers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
"Gethsemane." The Restorers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
"Moving Things." Shadows Burning. Evanston, Illinois: TriQuarterly Books, 1995.
"The Prayer Mat." Shadows Burning. Evanston, Illinois: TriQuarterly Books, 1995.
"The Sleepers." Shadows Burning. Evanston, Illinois: TriQuarterly Books, 1995.
"San Antonio de Padua." Shadows Burning. Evanston, Illinois: TriQuarterly Books, 1995.
"Windy Hill." Shadows Burning. Evanston, Illinois: TriQuarterly Books, 1995.
"Story Corner at the Point Breeze Branch." Uncollected.
"The Original Rhinestone Cowboy." The Restorers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
