The best of it : new and selected poems

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Ryan, Kay

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Grove Press

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[2010]

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1st ed

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English

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New poems. Odd blocks -- The edges of time -- Bait goat -- Train-track figure -- We're building the ship as we sail it -- Virga -- Dogleg -- Cloud -- Ledge -- Stations -- Repetition -- The pharaohs -- Pentimenti -- Bitter pill -- Polish and balm -- Retroactive -- Galápago -- Finish -- Shift -- Easter Island -- Cut out for it -- Spiderweb -- Still life with lemons, oranges and a rose -- After Zeno --

Flamingo watching 1994. Flamingo watching -- This life -- Extraordinary lengths -- Every painting by Chagall -- The tables freed -- Leaving spaces -- Periphery -- The mock ruin -- Is it modest? -- The things of the world -- Emptiness -- Slant -- Apology -- Vacation -- A certain kind of Eden -- No rest for the idle -- The narrow path -- When fishing fails -- Say it straight -- Glass slippers -- How successful can she afford to be? -- Repetition -- Les natures profondement bonnes sont toujours indécises -- So different -- Half a loaf -- Soft -- Spring -- I marveled at how generally I was aided -- Impersonal -- A certain meanness of culture -- The test we set ourself -- Force -- Miners' canaries -- The hinge of spring -- Deer -- Sheep in wolves' clothing -- Snake charm -- The palm at the end of the mind -- Poetry is a kind of money -- Persiflage -- Masterworks of Ming -- Breast birds -- Paired things -- Osprey -- Turtle --

Elephant rocks 1996. Living with stripes -- Doubt -- Mirage oases -- Cirque -- Chemistry -- That vase of lilacs -- Connections -- Dew -- Lacquer artist -- All shall be restored -- Full measure -- Stars of Bethlehems -- Crib -- Bestiary -- How birds sing -- How a thought thinks -- Intention -- If the moon happened once -- New clothes -- Simply by growing larger -- To the young anglerfish -- Crustacean Island -- Imaginary Eskimos -- Outsider art -- Caught -- Les petites confitures -- Why isn't it all more marked -- Witness -- Learning -- Apogee -- Against gravity -- Lacunae -- Intransigence -- Age -- Counsel -- Insult -- Silence -- A cat/a future -- Hope -- Losses -- The cabinet of curiosities -- Her politeness -- Bad patch -- Swept up whole -- Any morning -- Relief -- Part Midas -- The woman who wrote too much -- Sonnet to spring -- A plain ordinary steel needle can float on pure water -- Distance -- The vessel and the cup -- Wooden -- The second -- Heat -- Poetry in translation -- If she only had one minute -- Elephant rocks --

Say uncle 2000. Say uncle -- Corners -- Star block -- Mockingbird -- A hundred bolts of satin -- The excluded animals -- Blandeur -- Composition -- Patience -- Coming and going -- Nothing ventured -- That will to divest -- Winter fear -- Grazing horses -- Waste -- Forgetting -- The fourth wise man -- Beasts -- Gaps -- The fabric of life -- Help -- The pass -- The pieces that fall to earth -- Don't look back -- It's always darkest just before the dawn -- Blunt -- Diamonds -- Herring -- The silence islands -- Cheshire -- Yeses -- Great thoughts -- Test -- Crown -- Bad day -- Among English verbs -- Lime light -- Why we must struggle -- Drops in the bucket -- The job -- Dutch -- Chemise -- Deferred silence -- Attention -- Failure -- Matrigupta -- Weakness and doubt -- Failure 2 -- Two more, and up goes the donkey -- Water under the bridge -- Your face will stick -- And all becomes as before --

The Niagara River 2005. The Niagara River

The elephant in the room

A ball rolls on a point

He lit a fire with icicles

The light of interiors

Things shouldn't be so hard

Green behind the ears

New poems. Odd blocks --

Train-track figure --

We're building the ship as we sail it --

Still life with lemons, oranges and a rose --

Flamingo watching 1994. Flamingo watching --

Extraordinary lengths --

Every painting by Chagall --

Things of the world --

A certain kind of Eden --

No rest for the idle --

When fishing fails --

How successful can she afford to be? --

Les natures profondement bonnes sont toujours indécises --

I marveled at how generally I was aided --

A certain meanness of culture --

Test we set ourself --

Sheep in wolves' clothing --

Palm at the end of the mind --

Poetry is a kind of money --

Masterworks of Ming --

Elephant rocks 1996. Living with stripes --

That vase of lilacs --

All shall be restored --

Stars of Bethlehems --

How a thought thinks --

If the moon happened once --

Simply by growing larger --

To the young anglerfish --

Crustacean Island --

Imaginary Eskimos --

Les petites confitures --

Why isn't it all more marked --

Cabinet of curiosities --

Woman who wrote too much --

A plain ordinary steel needle can float on pure water --

Vessel and the cup --

Poetry in translation --

If she only had one minute --

Say uncle 2000. Say uncle --

A hundred bolts of satin --

That will to divest --

Pieces that fall to earth --

It's always darkest just before the dawn --

Among English verbs --

Why we must struggle --

Drops in the bucket --

Weakness and doubt --

Two more, and up goes the donkey --

Water under the bridge --

Your face will stick --

And all becomes as before --

The Niagara River 2005. Niagara River --

Carrying a ladder --

Elephant in the room --

A ball rolls on a point --

Chinese foot chart --

He lit a fire with icicles --

Added significance --

Desert reservoirs --

Tenderness and rot --

Blue China doorknob --

Light of interiors --

Things shouldn't be so hard --

Post-construction --

Green behind the ears --

Lighthouse keeping --

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The best of it : new and selected poems

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