Ruth Krauss

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

[photo: http://www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/purple/photographs.html]


Her prose poem "News" (1961) makes me so happy I don't know what to do. It's separated into six short sections. Here is one of the sections:

"This measure," the Attorney-General stated, "This legislation-- which I endorse-- requires some thirty thousand skylarks to register for the first time with my office." And he left the room.


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