false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171991581m/130093.jpg 130093 1 <div>Bafflingly effective, this new collection of poetry from the winner of the 2004 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize seems too brief and blithe to pack so much wallop. Intense and relaxed, buoyant and rueful, the singular music of Kay Ryan's poetry appeals to a wide audience. Her poems, products of an immaculately off-kilter mind, have appeared everywhere from the Sunday funnies to New York subways to the pages of <i>The New Yorker</i> to plaques at the zoo. <i>The Niagara River</i>, her third collection for the <i>Grove Press Poetry Series</i> that began with the publication of <i>Elephant Rocks</i>, promises to offer similar gems of hidden wonder.</div> 125295 17 8 2005 The Niagara River: Poems (Grove Press Poetry Series) total:137|5:48|4:47|3:33|2:7|1:2| 137 543 203 37 5 2 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 18:06:12 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 21:02:38 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 17 19:51:38 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 19:52:24 -0800 2009
Wait, what?

Let me enlighten you.

Said friend and I sat around a fondue pot, waxing literarily about David Sedaris books and how I should read ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 10:51:27 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 10:56:14 -0800 2008

One does not stack.
It would be like
a mouse on the back
of a mouse
on a mouse's back.
Courses of mice,
layers of shivers
and whiskers,
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I heard Ryan read her poetry a few weeks ago. As is often true of good poetry, it sounds even better when read, but is delightful also to read in silence.

These are insights into humanity that it would be well worth the time to explore...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 09:20:46 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 09:44:56 -0700 2008 "We expect rain
to animate this
creek: these rocks
to harbor gurgles,
these pebbles to
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The chickens
are circling and
blotting out the
day. The sun is
bright, but the
chickens are in
the way. Yes,
the sky is dark
with chickens,
dense with them.
They turn and
then then turn
again. These
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