Train-Track Figure by Kay Ryan
Imagine a
train-track figure
made of sliver
over sliver of
between-car
vision, each
slice too brief
to add detail;
or deepen: that
could be a hat
if it's a person
if it's a person
if it's a person.
Just the same
scant information
timed to supplant
the same scant
information.
Ryan's poem is found in the March 2007 issue of Poetry.
On NPR today was a story about the NPR Poetry games, a poetry contest celebrating the 2012 Olympics in London; here is a link to the story and to the winning poem.
On NPR today was a story about the NPR Poetry games, a poetry contest celebrating the 2012 Olympics in London; here is a link to the story and to the winning poem.
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