source: - Kay Ryan (2007). “Say Uncle: Poems”, p.20, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Topics: Redemption, Resurrection, Misplaced

Small presses take chances. Chances are at the heart of all the literature we later know as great.
Topics: Heart, Literature, Chance
source: - Kay Ryan (2007). “Say Uncle: Poems”, p.57, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Topics: Flower, Color, Hue, Flower Blossom
Action creates/a taste/for itself.
source: - Kay Ryan (2010). “The Best of It: New and Selected Poems”, p.164, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Who would have guessed it possible that waiting is sustainable. A place with its own harvest.
source: - Kay Ryan (2000). “Say Uncle: Poems”
It isn't ever delicate to live.
source: - Kay Ryan (2010). “The Best of It: New and Selected Poems”, p.26, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Topics: Delicate
source: - Kay Ryan (2010). “The Best of It: New and Selected Poems”, p.171, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Topics: Ocean, Water, Gaps, Warp, Coordinates
source: - Kay Ryan (2010). “The Best of It: New and Selected Poems”, p.5, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
source: - Kay Ryan (2007). “Say Uncle: Poems”, p.54, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
source: - Kay Ryan (2007). “Say Uncle: Poems”, p.48, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
source: - Kay Ryan (2007). “The Niagara River: Poems”, p.24, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Topics: Country, Sweet, Two, Two Countries
source: - "It Takes a Community College" by Jenna Krajeski, www.newyorker.com. October 27, 2009.
Topics: Encouragement, Home, College, Community College, Save A Life
source: - Kay Ryan (2010). “The Best of It: New and Selected Poems”, p.250, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Topics: Air, Long, Waiting, Hide And Seek
Topics: Crazy, Writing, Thinking, Fortunate Life