I'm just in a Kay Ryan mood. Which is kind of a Valerie Worth mood, with a little more edge:
| Sharks' Teeth | |
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Everything contains some
silence. Noise gets
its zest from the
small shark's-tooth-
shaped fragments
of rest angled
in it. An hour
of city holds maybe
a minute of these
remnants of a time
when silence reigned,
compact and dangerous
as a shark. Sometimes
a bit of a tail
or fin can still
be sensed in parks. -Kay Ryan ------------------------- Poetry Friday today is hosted by TWO WRITING TEACHERS. Head over that way and scroll down for links. Enjoy all the moods! |
I love Kay Ryan! This one is new to me. I read her poems over and over again, looking and listening for rhyme and rhythm...now I'll look (but mostly listen) for those shark's teeth of silence that remain in my city hours...
ReplyDeleteHow very funny! I also posted all about Kay Ryan yesterday, and I was thinking exactly what you said--Valerie Worth with an edge. For me (how embarrassing) it's a discovery.
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