"I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme." -- Henry James
Friday, April 2, 2010
Daily Dose
From The Best of It: New & Selected Poems, by Kay Ryan
INTENTION
"Intention doesn't sweeten. It should be picked young and eaten. Sometimes only hours separate the cotyledon from the wooden plant. Then if you want to eat it, you can't."
I love this one. I won't say it's one of my favorites- because they are all my favorite! But this is one that's delightful read out loud. It has a certain 'Stephen Jay Gould meets Ogden Nash' quality about it.
From The Best of It: New & Selected Poems, by Kay Ryan
I love this one. I won't say it's one of my favorites- because they are all my favorite! But this is one that's delightful read out loud. It has a certain 'Stephen Jay Gould meets Ogden Nash' quality about it.
ReplyDeleteRhyme! And very clever ones, at that. I love it too.
ReplyDeleteB - That's my friend Didi's comment - the one we call Kay's stalker. I sent her over here to check it out. Hope you had a good resurrection.
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