Poems by Hand
By Kay Ryan
Fairfax, California: Jungle Garden Press, 2015. Edition of 15.

6.75 x 10.5"; 10 leaves. Designed and letterpress printed by Marie C. Dern with plates made by Richard Seibert on handmade paper from Twin Rocker. The poems are printed in the poet's handwriting. All other text printed with handset Garamond type. Silkscreen prints by Martha Shaw. In gray cloth-covered box made by John DeMerritt. Signed by the poet on the colophon. Numbered.

First publication of these seven poems by Kay Ryan.

Eggs

We turn out
as tipsy as
eggs. Legs
are an illusion.
We are held
as in a carton
if someone
loves us.
It's a pity
only loss
proves this.

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