The Rise and Fall of the Mind
"[Cook] has a sense of the poetic event."
- Samuel Hynes, Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature Emeritus, Princeton University
"Superbly written and highly recommended poetry"
- Midwest Book Review
| Listen | Title | First Line |
| Superbowl Time | It's Superbowl Time... | |
| Almost Here | We made up images, long ago... | |
| Dad's Birthday Party | I remember Dad's birthday party... | |
| Decision | If you've ever seen the hole at the bottom of your soul... | |
| Ennui | And so we manufacture psychodramas... | |
| For Emily Dickinson | I steel myself, my lovely friend... | |
| Gospel Song | If it's good enough for Jesus it's good enough for me... | |
| I Wake Up Insane | I wake up insane and run right out the door... | |
| It's Hard To Think | It's hard to think that I wil die... | |
| Our Love Is An Endangered Species | I would be your violet, from this I would not shrink... | |
| Poem for the Hesitant | As I falter down the road... | |
| Sitting in your Room | I sat in your room... | |
| The Brain, the Mind, and the Self | The brain is locked inside the skull. Our plight. | |
| The Rise and Fall of the Mind | What do you do with the terror? | |
| The Walk | She wouldn't kiss me on Pomeroy... | |
| Your Nervous System | I like your nervous system... |
