Blogs about: Kay Ryan

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Da Debatesssss3 comments

Poet With a Day Job wrote 4 days ago: I will watch Obama hopefully school McCain everywhichway, but when it’s re-run later on MSNBC … more →

Tags: d a powell, Grace Cathedral, jane mead, poet laureate, poetry flash, poetry readings san francisco

Books by Kay Ryan

stubbygray wrote 2 weeks ago: Ryan has published several collections of poetry, including The Niagara River (Grove Press, 2005); S … more →

Tags: Books, Poetry

Videos From the 2008 National Book Festival1 comment

Mark Athitakis wrote 2 weeks ago: I shot a few short videos of some of the authors I caught at yesterday’s National Book Festiva … more →

Tags: Geraldine Brooks, james mcbride, Neil Gaiman, richard price

Kay Ryan - America's Latest Poet Laureate

geenoh wrote 2 weeks ago: A short piece by correspondent Charity Vogel appeared in my local newspaper today and alerted me to … more →

Tags: Post> Events du Jour, Charity Vogel, poet laureate, Poetry, Poets.org, Ted Kooser, The Niagara River

thirst1 comment

billstrickland wrote 2 weeks ago: What is the well and what is a cup. Some people get drunk up. Kay Ryan makes me think that if Emily … more →

Tags: Poetry, Buffalo Bill, E. E. Cummings, Emily Dickinson

"Turtle" by Kay Ryan

stubbygray wrote 3 weeks ago: I just found this poem by the current Poet Laureate on the Library of Congress’ Poetry Websit … more →

Tags: Inspiration, animal totems, Poetry, Turtles

Kay Ryan Poet Laureate You Tube Reading

Carolina Maine wrote 3 weeks ago: For you fans out there: … more →

Tags: Art, Chickens, Culture, home to roost, Life, Literature, People, Poem, Poems

Teaching “Turtle” by Kay Ryan: A Second Look4 comments

ariddile wrote 3 weeks ago: 15 September 2008 Tomorrow, I have to give a short, five-minute lesson that introduces the poem “ … more →

Tags: edci 5724, Education, Kajder, turtle

We Get Wet

Denise wrote 4 weeks ago:     Jusangjollidae Cliff, Jeju Island, South Korea 2008 Thinking about water, we shared thes … more →

Tags: Beatrice V, Bobbi Katz, Bruce Balan, david ferry, John Masefield, Lauryn Hill, Nikolai Gumiyov, Pablo Neruda, Robert Frost

Kay Ryan is the New Poet Laureate of the United States

Carolina Maine wrote 1 month ago: I’m not a big fan of Kay Ryan’s , but this poem is a good narrative.  You can read her … more →

Tags: Art, Culture, Life, Literature, People, Poems, Poet, poet laureate, Poetry

Elegant Buck in Midtown Little Rock

summitlady238 wrote 1 month ago: Hi, All, I am Laetitia, a proud graduate of the first CAMN class—presently inactive but dues- … more →

Tags: Interesting Facts, mammals, Master Naturalist, Deer

The Academy Gets Video

amyking wrote 1 month ago: John Ashbery & His Life Summer Movies: Ashbery, Glück, Hecht, Ryan, and Merwin Watch five sho … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Poetics, Poetry, Readings, Video, Academy of American Poets, John Ashbery

Go Fish3 comments

GeekPornGirl wrote 1 month ago: “Karen,” the taller woman said, extending her hand. “Tish,” the other replie … more →

Tags: Geeky Girl-centric Fiction, Mary Oliver, relationship, Processing, Surrealism, quiz, Jeanette Winterston, Mick Jagger, Steve Tyler

Quote of the Day: Facticity as Mutual Abandonment

tirado wrote 2 months ago: Recently-minted U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan, from a July 17 New York Times article: “I realized … more →

Tags: Literature, Philosophy, Poetry, abandonment, being with, jean-luc nancy, ontology

Some Laureatespeak

SchoeyChaelly wrote 2 months ago: So the new Laureate [Kay Ryan] is growing on me. I’m hard pressed not to get all cloud-nined … more →

Tags: Excessively Diverting, Other Writers, Novelletum, poet laureate, time

Poem of the Day by U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan

P wrote 2 months ago: PATIENCE Patience is wider than one once envisioned, with ribbons of rivers and distant ranges and t … more →

Tags: Poetry, Poem, patience

port photos

colette wrote 2 months ago: Some pictures of the Port Theater renovation are here via the OC Register. … more →

Tags: California, Literary Events, Orange County, Poets, port theater

A Good Indicator That the Tides are Turning

ladyofthecanyon wrote 2 months ago: Add this to my list of big news events that I’ve missed while in my little writer mode. Kay Ry … more →

Tags: Books, Poetry, Poets, poet laureate, Liberals, lesbian writers, Emily Dickinson, A.R. Ammons, Library Of Congress

"And you were? Where were you this hour o' need?"4 comments

wheatdear wrote 2 months ago: One night early last week, I walked past my kitchen window. “Huh! What was that searing flash … more →

Tags: Poetry, Annie Dillard, Brian Henry, the moon, james h billington, deep tracks, whole heaps, abandon waiting


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