Elephant Rocks
Subtitle: Poems
Series: Grove Press poetry series
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: August 19, 1997
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780802135254
Subjects: Poetry texts & anthologies; American - General; Poetry / Single Author / American; American; Poetry
First sentence: In tigers, zebras, and other stripped creatures, any casual posture plays one beautiful set of lines against another: herringbones and arrows appear and disappear; chevrons widen and narrow.
Description: "Elephant Rocks, Kay Ryan's third book of verse, shows a virtuoso practitioner at the top of her form. Appealing to a wide range of readers, Ryan's work reaches out both to those who wish to be invited into a poem and to those who insist on being persistently intrigued." "Above all what distinguishes Kay Ryan as a poet is her flamboyant imagination and large ambition. She has embarked on a major poetic career, and this book confirms her as one of the most distinctive and attractive voices to come along in years."--BOOK JACKET.