Kay Ryan Poems

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1.
Nothing Ventured

Nothing exists as a block
and cannot be parceled up.
So if nothing's ventured
it's not just talk;
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2.
Token Loss

To the dragon
any loss is total.
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3.
The Edges Of Time

It is at the edges
that time
thins.
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4.
The Niagara River

As though
the river were
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5.
Patience

Patience is wider
than one once envisioned,
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6.
Home To Roost

The chickens are circling
and blotting out the day.
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7.
All Your Horses

Say when rain
cannot make
you more wet
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8.
Sharks's Teeth

Everything contains some silence.
Noise gets its zest from the small
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9.
Atlas

Extreme exertion
isolates a person
from help,
discovered Atlas.
Once a certain
shoulder-to-burden
ratio collapses,
there is so little
others can do:
they can't
lend a hand
with Brazil
and not stand
on Peru.
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10.
Bait Goat

There is a
distance where
magnets pull,
we feel, having
held them
back. Likewise
there is a
distance where
words attract.
Set one out
like a bait goat
and wait and
seven others
will approach.
But watch out:
roving packs can
pull your word
away. You
find your stake
yanked and some
rough bunch
to thank.
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