Say Uncle
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Say Uncle

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"A poetry collection that marries wit and wisdom more brilliantly than any I know" by the Pulitzer Prizeā€“winning former US Poet Laureate (Jane Hirshfield, author of Come, Thief ). Filled with wry logic and a magical, unpredictable musicality, Kay Ryan's poems continue to generate excitement with their frequent appearances in The New Yorker and other leading periodicals. Say Uncle, Ryan's fifth collection, is filled with the same hidden connections, the same slyness and almost gleeful detachment that has delighted readers of her earlier books. Compact, searching, and oddly beautiful, these poems, in the words of internationally acclaimed poet and writer Dana Gioia, "take the shape of an idea clarifying itself." "The first thing you notice about her poems is an elbow-to-the-ribs playfulness." ā€” San Francisco Chronicle "The short lines and quick imagesā€”almost snapshotsā€”are elemental. Ryan puts them together, then pulls them apart, and twists them in playful fashion, as though she were an alchemist with a modern experimental attitude... Truly short-line, one-stanza (for the most part) wonders: full-brained poems in a largely half-brained world." ā€” Kirkus Reviews "Witty, charming, serious and delightful... her tight structures, odd rhymes and ethical judgments place her more firmly in the tradition of Marianne Moore and, latterly, Amy Clampitt. Those poets, though, wrote many kinds of poems: Ryan, in this volume, writes just one kind. It is, however, a kind worth looking out forā€”well crafted, understated, funny and smart." ā€” Publishers Weekly

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Publisher
Grove Press
Year
2007
ISBN
9780802197498
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
American Poetry
Index
Literature

CONTENTS

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
AGREEMENT
THE OLD COSMOLOGISTS
THE PASS
THE PIECES THAT FALL TO EARTH
DONā€™T LOOK BACK
ITā€™S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE THE DAWN
BLUNT
DIAMONDS
HERRING
THE MUSEUM OF FALSE STARTS
THE SILENCE ISLANDS
TICKET
THIEF
CHESHIRE
YESES
DEATH BY FRUIT
GREAT THOUGHTS
TEST
CROWN
ANGLES OF SUN
BAD DAY
AMONG ENGLISH VERBS
LIME LIGHT
WHY WE MUST STRUGGLE
DROPS IN THE BUCKET
THE JOB
CLOSELY WATCHED THINGS
DUTCH
CRASH
GRAVITY
CHEMISE
DEFERRED SILENCE
ATTENTION
FAILURE
MATRIGUPTA
WEAKNESS AND DOUBT
FAILURE 2
WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE
YOUR FACE WILL STICK
SURVIVAL SKILLS
AND ALL BEC...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Contents
  7. Say Uncle
  8. Corners
  9. Star Block
  10. Mockingbird
  11. A Hundred Bolts of Satin
  12. The Excluded Animals
  13. Blandeur
  14. Composition
  15. Patience
  16. Coming and Going
  17. Nothing Ventured
  18. That Will to Divest
  19. Winter Fear
  20. Grazing Horses
  21. Waste
  22. Forgetting
  23. The Fourth Wise Man
  24. Beasts
  25. Gaps
  26. The Fabric of Life
  27. Help
  28. Agreement
  29. The Old Cosmologists
  30. The Pass
  31. The Pieces That Fall to Earth
  32. Donā€™t Look Back
  33. Itā€™s Always Darkest Just Before the Dawn
  34. Blunt
  35. Diamonds
  36. Herring
  37. The Museum of False Starts
  38. The Silence Islands
  39. Ticket
  40. Thief
  41. Cheshire
  42. Yeses
  43. Death by Fruit
  44. Great Thoughts
  45. Test
  46. Crown
  47. Angles of Sun
  48. Bad Day
  49. Among English Verbs
  50. Lime Light
  51. Why We Must Struggle
  52. Drops in the Bucket
  53. The Job
  54. Closely Watched Things
  55. Dutch
  56. Crash
  57. Gravity
  58. Chemise
  59. Deferred Silence
  60. Attention
  61. Failure
  62. Matrigupta
  63. Weakness and Doubt
  64. Failure 2
  65. Water Under the Bridge
  66. Your Face Will Stick
  67. Survival Skills
  68. And All Becomes as Before
  69. Two More, and Up Goes the Donkey
  70. The Catch