Best. Poet. Ever.

Sep 21, 2011 11:18

Okay, so All Things Considered announced the recipients of the 2011 MacArthur Genius Grant. I was so happy to hear that my all-time favourite poet, Kay Ryan, is one of the fellows. She deserves it!

Example:

A Hundred Bolts of Satin
BY KAY RYAN

All you
have to lose
is one
connection
and the mind   
uncouples
all the way back.   
It seems
to have been
a train.
There seems
to have been
a track.
The things
that you
unpack
from the
abandoned cars   
cannot sustain   
life: a crate of   
tractor axles,   
for example,
a dozen dozen   
clasp knives,   
a hundred   
bolts of satin-
perhaps you   
specialized   
more than   
you imagined.

Kay Ryan, “A Hundred Bolts of Satin” from Say Uncle. Copyright © 2000 by Kay Ryan.

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