Strangely Marked Metal

Kay Ryan

ISBN 10: 0914278460 / ISBN 13: 9780914278467

Published by Copper Beech Press, 1985

First edition, first printing, signed and inscribed by the author on the half title page, no other markings. Noted as the poet's "first book" this is actually her second book following her self-published first book. Signed, inscribed and dated in the year of publication "To xxxxx, my fellow worker in the field of words. Love, Kay 9/20/85". Some rubbing, edgewear and creasing to covers. Uncommon in the first edition, particularly so signed. Seller Inventory # 002413

Synopsis:

Poetry. Available again, this is the second printing of Bay Area poet, Kay Ryan's 1985 debut. "Kay Ryan makes it all fresh again with her highly original vision, her elegant, quirky craft.... These poems look easy, but the deeper one delves, the more they astonish and nourish"--May Sarton.

Review: The Admirable Bede, 7th Century English Historian
Application
A Bad Time For The Sublime
The Barbarian's Reply
Beachscape
Brave Row
Brooklyn Bridge
Bull In A China Shop
Byzantium
The Circus Animals' Desertion
Desert Lake
The Egyptians
Erik Satie
Fishing
Gambler
Grabbing At Straws
Heavens Need Furnaces
Hope
In The Very Essence Of Poetry There Is Something Indecent
A Jar Alleged To Contain The Original Egyptian Darkness ...
L'abandon Ou Les Duex Amies
Marianne Moore Announces Lunch
The New Asceticism
New Truth
Ode On A Grecian Container
The Other Silence
A Palpable Silence
Prayer
Prologue
The Show
Shrimp
Song In The Old Tongue
The Tablets
To The Vietnamese Boy Hounded And At Last Murdered
Toulouse-lautrec
Trying To Get To America
Without Minute Neatness Of Execution
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Bibliographic Details

Title: Strangely Marked Metal
Publisher: Copper Beech Press
Publication Date: 1985
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed and Inscribed
Edition: First Edition.