Thin
How anything
is known
is so thin—
a skin of ice
over a pond
only birds might
confidently walk
upon. A bird’s
worth of weight
or one bird-weight
of Wordsworth.
.
by Kay Ryan
from The Best American Poety 2006
.
.
Thin
How anything
is known
is so thin—
a skin of ice
over a pond
only birds might
confidently walk
upon. A bird’s
worth of weight
or one bird-weight
of Wordsworth.
.
by Kay Ryan
from The Best American Poety 2006
.
.