Schlagwort: Leo Dangel

82. American Life in Poetry: Column 483

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE The poems of Leo Dangel, who lives in South Dakota, are known for their clarity and artful understatement. Here he humbly honors the memory of one moment of deep intimacy between a mother and her son. In Memoriam… Continue Reading „82. American Life in Poetry: Column 483“

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BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE South Dakota poet Leo Dangel has written some of the best and truest poems about rural life that I’m aware of. Here’s a fine one about a chance discovery. Behind the Plow I look in the turned sod… Continue Reading „38. American Life in Poetry: Column 337“

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BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Anton Chekhov, the master of the short story, was able to see whole worlds within the interactions of simple Russian peasants, and in this little poem by Leo Dangel, who grew up in rural South Dakota, something similar… Continue Reading „53. American Life in Poetry: Column 281“