Citizen: An American Lyric The 1000 ribbon cut puzzle

The 1000 ribbon cut puzzle pieces are thick and sturdy

and learn to give our own gifts in return

restoration

seeming slips of the tongue

and the Rouen cathedral

Citizen: An American Lyric The 1000 ribbon cut puzzle* Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry * * Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image Award * Winner of the L. A. Times Book Prize * Winner of the PEN Open Book Award * ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Boston Globe, The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, NPR. Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly, Slate, Time Out New York,