No matter the wreckage : poems

No matter the wreckage Poems

Sarah Kay, 1988-

Book - 2014

Sarah Kay, in collaboration with illustrator Sophia Janowitz, releases her debut collection of poetry featuring work from the first decade of her career. Her poems celebrate family, love, travel, and unlikely romance between inanimate objects.

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Subjects
Poetry.
Published
Austin, TX : Write Bloody Publishing, America's Independent Press [2014]
Language
English
Main Author
Sarah Kay, 1988- (author)
Other Authors
Sophia Janowitz (illustrator)
Edition
First edition
Item Description
"A Write Bloody Book 73"--Cover.
Physical Description
143 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN
9781938912481
  • I.
  • Love Poem #137
  • Subway
  • The Oak Tree Speaks
  • The Toothbrush to the Bicycle Tire
  • New York, June 2009
  • The First Poem in the Imaginary Book
  • Mrs. Bjbeiro
  • II.
  • Montauk
  • My Parents on their Way Home from a Wedding
  • Slivers
  • Brother
  • Hands
  • III.
  • Jellyfish
  • Evaporate
  • The Ladder
  • Bricklayer
  • Forest Fires
  • Poppy
  • Something We Don't Talk About, Part I
  • Dragons
  • Hand-Me-Downs
  • IV.
  • Shosholoza
  • India Trio
  • Jetlag
  • Paws
  • The Shirt
  • Boom
  • Grace
  • V.
  • Until
  • Scissors
  • Something We Don't Talk About, Part II
  • The Moves
  • Postcards
  • Hiroshima
  • VI.
  • Extended Development
  • Questions and Answers, in No Particular Order
  • Loose Threads
  • Private Parts
  • Another Missing
  • The Call
  • Flight
  • VII.
  • B
  • And Found
  • Winter Without You
  • Corey's Turn
  • Witness
  • Yolk
  • Accidents
  • VIII.
  • Peacocks
  • On Being Prepared
  • On the Discomfort of Being in the Same Room as the Boy You Like
  • Here and Now
  • Open
  • A Place to Put Our Hands
  • Today's Poem
  • IX.
  • Ghost Ship
  • Lightning
  • The Type
  • Astronaut
  • The Paradox
  • In the Event of an Emergency
  • Notes
  • Credits
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • About the Illustrator

"Love is not who you were expecting, love is not who you can predict. Maybe love is in New York City, already asleep; You are in California, Australia, wide awake. Maybe love is always in the wrong time zone. Maybe love is not ready for you. Maybe you are not ready for love. Maybe love just isn't the marrying type. Maybe the next time you see love is twenty years after the divorce, love is older now, but just as beautiful as you remembered. Maybe love is only there for a month. Maybe love is there for every firework, every birthday party, every hospital visit. Maybe love stays- maybe love can't. Maybe love shouldn't. Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to, And love leaves exactly when love must. When love arrives, say, "Welcome. Make yourself comfortable." If love leaves, ask her to leave the door open behind her. Turn off the music, listen to the quiet, whisper, "Thank you for stopping by."" Excerpted from No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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