Schlagwort: Bruce Guernsey

77. American Life in Poetry: Column 417

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE There’s an old country-western song with the refrain, “That’s what happens when two worlds collide,” and in this poem by Bruce Guernsey, who divides his year between Illinois and Maine, we see a near collision between two worlds.… Continue Reading „77. American Life in Poetry: Column 417“

46. American Life in Poetry: Column 303

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE   There’s something wonderfully sweet about a wife cutting a husband’s hair, and Bruce Guernsey, who lives in Illinois and Maine, captures it beautifully in this poem.   For My Wife Cutting My Hair   You move around… Continue Reading „46. American Life in Poetry: Column 303“

71. American Life in Poetry: Column 238

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Though some teacher may have made you think that all poetry is deadly serious, chock full of coded meanings and obscure symbols, poems, like other works of art, can be delightfully playful. Here Bruce Guernsey, who divides his… Continue Reading „71. American Life in Poetry: Column 238“