‘It is Not What a’ — Mary Ruefle Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Literary Tee — Muscle Tank

“It is not what a poem says with its mouth, it’s what a poem does with its eyes.” Mary Ruefle offered this in her 2012 essay collection Madness, Rack, and Honey, separating what a poem states from the harder-to-name thing its attention performs. The meaning lives in where a poem looks — in its glance more than its words.

**Bella+Canvas 3483 — Muscle Tank (Black only for now, Color finish).** A white option isn’t available from our printer at the moment — we’ll add it the moment it is. 100% combed & ring-spun cotton, 4.2 oz, 30 singles. Unisex muscle fit, crew neck, cut-off sleeves, wide armholes, side-seamed, pre-shrunk. Care: machine wash cold with like colors, tumble dry low, no bleach, cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).