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98. American Life in Poetry: Column 322
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Cathy Smith Bowers was recently appointed poet laureate of North Carolina, and I want to celebrate her appointment by showing you one of her lovely poems, a peaceful poem about a peaceful thing. Peace Lilies I collect them… Continue Reading „98. American Life in Poetry: Column 322“
65. American Life in Poetry: Column 321
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE For me, the most worthwhile poetry is that which reaches out and connects with a great number of people, and this one, by Joe Mills of North Carolina, does just that. Every parent gets questions like the one… Continue Reading „65. American Life in Poetry: Column 321“
35. American Life in Poetry: Column 320
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE When I was a little boy, the fear of polio hung over my summers, keeping me away from the swimming pool. Atomic energy was then in its infancy. It had defeated Japan and seemed to be America’s friend.… Continue Reading „35. American Life in Poetry: Column 320“
8. American Life in Poetry: Column 319
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Here’s a poem in which eight-year-old Ava Schicke, who lives in Omaha, Nebraska, tells us just who she is and what she thinks. I am I am a daughter and a sister. I wonder when I will die.… Continue Reading „8. American Life in Poetry: Column 319“
111. American Life in Poetry: Column 318
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE I love poems that take pains to observe people at their tasks, and here’s a fine one by Christopher Todd Matthews, who lives in Virginia. Window Washer One hand slops suds on, one hustles them down like a… Continue Reading „111. American Life in Poetry: Column 318“
56. American Life in Poetry: Column 316
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE I’ve mentioned before how much I like poems that take the time to carefully observe people at work. Here David St. John, who lives in California, gives us a snapshot of workers protecting an orchard. Peach Fires Out… Continue Reading „56. American Life in Poetry: Column 316“
39. American Life in Poetry Celebrates Sixth Anniversary
Free Column Restores Tradition of Poetry in Newspapers CHICAGO — The Poetry Foundation is pleased to announce the sixth anniversary of American Life in Poetry, a project that brings free poetry content to newspapers around the country. Founded by former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser,… Continue Reading „39. American Life in Poetry Celebrates Sixth Anniversary“
19. American Life in Poetry: Column 315
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE We who teach creative writing have been known to tell our students that there is no subject so common and ordinary that it can’t be addressed in a poem, and this one, by Michael McFee, who lives in… Continue Reading „19. American Life in Poetry: Column 315“
63. American Life in Poetry: Column 312
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Ellery Akers is a California poet who here brings all of us under a banner with one simple word on it. The Word That Is a Prayer One thing you know when you say it: all… Continue Reading „63. American Life in Poetry: Column 312“
34. American Life in Poetry: Column 311
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Peggy Shumaker lives in Alaska, but she gets around the world. Here she takes us with her on a ninety-foot dive into colorful mid-Pacific waters. Night Dive Plankton rise toward the full moon spread thin on… Continue Reading „34. American Life in Poetry: Column 311“
130. American Life in Poetry: Column 310
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE A friend saw a refrigerator magnet that read, PARENTING: THE FIRST 40 YEARS ARE THE HARDEST. And lots of parents, thinking their children have moved on, discover one day that those children are back. Here Marilyn L. Taylor,… Continue Reading „130. American Life in Poetry: Column 310“
98. American Life in Poetry: Column 309
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE I love poems that celebrate families, and here’s a fine one by Joyce Sutphen of Minnesota, a poet who has written dozens of poems I’d like to publish in this column if there only were weeks enough… Continue Reading „98. American Life in Poetry: Column 309“
63. American Life in Poetry: Column 308
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Connie Wanek is one of my favorite poets. She lives in Duluth and has a keen eye for what goes on around her. Here’s a locked and loaded scene from rural America. Mysterious Neighbors Country people… Continue Reading „63. American Life in Poetry: Column 308“
35. American Life in Poetry: Column 307
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE I like this poem by 97-year-old Lois Beebe Hayna of Colorado for the way it captures restrained speech. The speaker spends most of her words in describing a season, but behind the changes of spring another significant… Continue Reading „35. American Life in Poetry: Column 307“
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