Poetry: Kay Ryan: Sharks' Teeth
Jun. 25th, 2019 02:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stonepicnicking_okapiThanks to ancientreader for turning me onto Kay Ryan.
Sharks' Teeth by Kay Ryan
Everything contains some
silence. Noise gets
its zest from the
small shark's-tooth-
shaped fragments
of rest angled
in it. An hour
of city holds maybe
a minute of these
remnants of a time
when silence reigned,
compact and dangerous
as a shark. Sometimes
a bit of a tail
or fin can still
be sensed in parks.
ancientreader for turning me onto Kay Ryan.Sharks' Teeth by Kay Ryan
Everything contains some
silence. Noise gets
its zest from the
small shark's-tooth-
shaped fragments
of rest angled
in it. An hour
of city holds maybe
a minute of these
remnants of a time
when silence reigned,
compact and dangerous
as a shark. Sometimes
a bit of a tail
or fin can still
be sensed in parks.
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Date: 2019-06-25 09:35 pm (UTC)(Also tailfin).
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Date: 2019-06-25 10:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-06-25 11:36 pm (UTC)I am super thrilled that the not-Esmeralda speaks to you!
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Date: 2019-06-26 12:06 am (UTC)Yes, I was thrilled, too. It was worth posting poems for June to find her via you.