Winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

The Niagara River -- Home to roost -- Carrying a ladder -- Sharks' teeth -- Felix Crow -- Weak forces -- The elephant in the room -- A ball rolls on a point -- The best of it -- Chinese foot chart -- Shipwreck -- The other shoe -- Atlas -- He lit a fire with Icicles -- Rats' tails -- Added significance -- Chop -- Desert reservoirs -- Hailstorm -- Expectations -- Green Hills -- Rubbing lamps -- Tenderness and rot -- Tar babies -- Tired blood -- Theft -- Ideal audience -- Caps -- Thin -- Stardust -- Repulsive theory -- Blue China doorknob -- Salvage -- Almost without surface -- The light of interiors -- Things shouldn't be so hard -- The past -- Reverse drama -- Fake spots -- Legerdemain -- Houdini -- Hide and seek -- Least action -- Pitcher -- Post-construction -- Chart -- Nothing getting past -- The material -- The self is not portable -- On the difficulty of drawing oneself up -- Duck -- Last chance -- No names -- Still life, with her things -- The well or the cup -- Charms -- Absences and breaks -- Lighthouse keeping -- Latents -- Tune -- Late justice -- Backward miracle -- Thieves -- Green behind the ears.

A collection of poems by award-winning poet Kay Ryan that explore a variety of topics