Tag: Paris Review
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* Kay Ryan chills on the friday influence
Say Uncle – Kay Ryan Every day you say, Just one more try. Then another irrecoverable day slips by. You will say ankle, you will say knuckle; why won’t you why won’t you say uncle? *** This week on the Influence: Kay Ryan. When I go back to this poem, I’m always taken in by the speed of […]
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* John Ashbery, the pit & the friday influence
Uptick – John Ashbery We were sitting there, and I made a joke about how it doesn’t dovetail: time, one minute running out faster than the one in front it catches up to. That way, I said, there can be no waste. Waste is virtually eliminated. To come back for a few hours to […]