The best of it: new and selected poems
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Kay Ryan is the sixteenth Poet Laureate of the United States. Here is the poet's own selection of more than two hundred poems, offering both longtime followers and new readers a stunning retrospective of her earlier work as well as a generous selection of powerful new poems.
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More than 200 poems, selected by the poet.
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Includes index.
Description
Kay Ryan is the sixteenth Poet Laureate of the United States. Here is the poet's own selection of more than two hundred poems, offering both longtime followers and new readers a stunning retrospective of her earlier work as well as a generous selection of powerful new poems.
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2011 Pulitzer Prize for poetry
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 2011.
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Ryan, K. (2010). The best of it: new and selected poems. New York : [Berkeley, Calif.], Grove Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Ryan, Kay. 2010. The Best of It: New and Selected Poems. New York : [Berkeley, Calif.], Grove Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Ryan, Kay, The Best of It: New and Selected Poems. New York : [Berkeley, Calif.], Grove Press, 2010.
MLA Citation (style guide)Ryan, Kay. The Best of It: New and Selected Poems. New York : [Berkeley, Calif.], Grove Press, 2010.
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| 500 | |a More than 200 poems, selected by the poet. | ||
| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 -- | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 -- | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 -- | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 -- | |
| 505 | 0 | |a The Niagara River 2005. The Niagara River -- Home to roost -- Carrying a ladder -- Sharks' teeth -- Weak forces -- The elephant in the room -- A ball rolls on a point -- The best of it -- Chinese foot chart -- Shipwreck -- The other shoe -- Atlas -- He lit a fire with icicles -- Rats' tails -- Added significance -- Chop -- Felix crow -- Desert reservoirs -- Hailstorm -- Expectations -- Green hills -- Rubbing lamps -- Tenderness and rot -- Tar babies -- Tired blood -- Theft -- Ideal audience -- Caps -- Thin -- Stardust -- Blue China doorknob -- Salvage -- The light of interiors -- Things shouldn't be so hard -- The past -- Reverse drama -- Fake spots -- Legerdemain -- Hide and seek -- Post-construction -- Least action -- Chart -- No names -- The material -- The well or the cup -- Late justice -- Backward miracle -- Green behind the ears -- Thieves -- Lighthouse keeping -- Tune. | |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g New poems.|t Odd blocks -- |t Edges of time -- |t Bait goat -- |t Train-track figure --|t We're building the ship as we sail it -- |t Virga -- |t Dogleg -- |t Cloud -- |t Ledge -- |t Stations -- |t Repetition -- |t Pharaohs -- |t Pentimenti -- |t Bitter pill -- |t Polish and balm -- |t Retroactive -- |t Galápago -- |t Finish -- |t Shift -- |t Easter Island -- |t Cut out for it -- |t Spiderweb -- |t Still life with lemons, oranges and a rose -- |t After Zeno -- |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g Flamingo watching 1994.|t Flamingo watching -- |t This life -- |t Extraordinary lengths -- |t Every painting by Chagall -- |t Tables freed -- |t Leaving spaces -- |t Periphery -- |t Mock ruin -- |t Is it modest? -- |t Things of the world -- |t Emptiness -- |t Slant -- |t Apology -- |t Vacation -- |t A certain kind of Eden -- |t No rest for the idle -- |t Narrow path -- |t When fishing fails -- |t Say it straight -- |t Glass slippers -- |t How successful can she afford to be? -- |t Repetition -- |t Les natures profondement bonnes sont toujours indécises -- |t So different -- |t Half a loaf -- |t Soft -- Spring -- |t I marveled at how generally I was aided -- |t Impersonal -- |t A certain meanness of culture -- |t Test we set ourself -- |t Force -- |t Miners' canaries -- |t Hinge of spring -- |t Deer -- |t Sheep in wolves' clothing -- |t Snake charm -- |t Palm at the end of the mind -- |t Poetry is a kind of money -- |t Persiflage -- |t Masterworks of Ming -- |t Breast birds -- |t Paired things -- |t Osprey -- |t Turtle -- |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g Elephant rocks 1996.|t Living with stripes -- |t Doubt -- |t Mirage oases -- |t Cirque -- |t Chemistry -- |t That vase of lilacs -- |t Connections -- |t Dew -- |t Lacquer artist -- |t All shall be restored -- |t Full measure -- |t Stars of Bethlehems -- |t Crib -- |t Bestiary -- |t How birds sing -- |t How a thought thinks -- |t Intention -- |t If the moon happened once -- |t New clothes -- |t Simply by growing larger -- |t To the young anglerfish -- |t Crustacean Island -- |t Imaginary Eskimos -- |t Outsider art -- |t Caught -- |t Les petites confitures -- |t Why isn't it all more marked -- |t Witness -- |t Learning -- |t Apogee -- |t Against gravity -- |t Lacunae -- |t Intransigence -- |t Age -- |t Counsel -- |t Insult -- |t Silence -- |t A cat/a future -- |t Hope -- |t Losses -- |t Cabinet of curiosities -- |t Her politeness -- |t Bad patch -- |t Swept up whole -- |t Any morning -- |t Relief -- |t Part Midas -- |t Woman who wrote too much -- |t Sonnet to spring -- |t A plain ordinary steel needle can float on pure water -- |t Distance -- |t Vessel and the cup -- |t Wooden -- |t Second -- |t Heat -- |t Poetry in translation -- |t If she only had one minute -- |t Elephant rocks -- |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g Say uncle 2000.|t Say uncle -- |t Corners -- |t Star block -- |t Mockingbird -- |t A hundred bolts of satin -- |t Excluded animals -- |t Blandeur -- |t Composition -- |t Patience -- |t Coming and going -- |t Nothing ventured -- |t That will to divest -- |t Winter fear -- |t Grazing horses -- |t Waste -- |t Forgetting -- |t Fourth wise man -- |t Beasts -- |t Gaps -- |t Fabric of life -- |t Help -- |t Pass -- |t Pieces that fall to earth -- |t Don't look back -- |t It's always darkest just before the dawn -- |t Blunt -- |t Diamonds -- |t Herring -- |t Silence islands -- |t Cheshire -- |t Yeses -- |t Great thoughts -- |t Test -- |t Crown -- |t Bad day -- |t Among English verbs -- |t Lime light -- |t Why we must struggle -- |t Drops in the bucket -- |t Job -- |t Dutch -- |t Chemise -- |t Deferred silence -- |t Attention -- |t Failure -- |t Matrigupta -- |t Weakness and doubt -- |t Failure 2 -- |t Two more, and up goes the donkey -- |t Water under the bridge -- |t Your face will stick -- |t And all becomes as before -- |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g The Niagara River 2005.|t Niagara River -- |t Home to roost -- |t Carrying a ladder -- |t Sharks' teeth -- |t Weak forces -- |t Elephant in the room -- |t A ball rolls on a point -- |t Best of it -- |t Chinese foot chart -- |t Shipwreck -- |t Other shoe -- |t Atlas -- |t He lit a fire with icicles -- |t Rats' tails -- |t Added significance -- |t Chop -- |t Felix crow -- |t Desert reservoirs -- |t Hailstorm -- |t Expectations -- |t Green hills -- |t Rubbing lamps -- |t Tenderness and rot -- |t Tar babies -- |t Tired blood -- |t Theft -- |t Ideal audience -- |t Caps -- |t Thin -- |t Stardust -- |t Blue China doorknob -- |t Salvage -- |t Light of interiors -- |t Things shouldn't be so hard -- |t Past -- |t Reverse drama -- |t Fake spots -- |t Legerdemain -- |t Hide and seek -- |t Post-construction -- |t Least action -- |t Chart -- |t No names -- |t Material -- |t Well or the cup -- |t Late justice -- |t Backward miracle -- |t Green behind the ears -- |t Thieves -- |t Lighthouse keeping -- |t Tune. |
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