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Kay Ryan is the 2004 winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Her sixth book of poems is Say Uncle (Grove Press, 2000).

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The Pieces That Fall To Earth
by Kay Ryan

One could
almost wish
they wouldn't;
they are so
far apart,
so random.
One cannot
wait, cannot
abandon waiting.
The three or
four occasions
of their landing
never fade.
Should there
be more, there
will never be
enough to make
a pattern
that can equal
the commanding
way they matter.

 
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