Emergency Vehicles by Kay Ryan

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend May 3, 2016   Emergency Vehicles   Kay Ryan

Emergency vehicles are on the way but slow ones. You will have to go on for some time. Well, years. Then one day they will suddenly arrive and show you your chest, which is neatly packed with something, you see. You thank them, having feared you would be lost.            Copyright © 2016 Kay Ryan. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “We like to think of help as something quicker and more robust than these comical emergency services. But look: they help anyway.” —Kay Ryan   Kay Ryan is the author of Erratic Facts (Grove Press, 2015). She lives in Fairfax, California.   Photo credit: Kay Ryan  Poetry by Ryan   Erratic Facts (Grove Press, 2015) "The Writer" by Richard Wilbur "Earth Tremors Felt in Missouri" by Mona Van Duyn "First Things to Hand" by Robert Pinsky Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038