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37. American Life in Poetry: Column 490
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE The ancient Chinese poets used to say that at some point in each poem the poet ought to lift his (or her) eyes, ought to look beyond the surface of the present into something deeper and more meaningful.… Continue Reading „37. American Life in Poetry: Column 490“
20. American Life in Poetry: Column 489
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Jonathan Greene, who lives in Kentucky, is a master of the short poem, but while he prunes them down to their essentials he never cuts out the wonder and delight. Here’s a good example from his most recent… Continue Reading „20. American Life in Poetry: Column 489“
15. American Life in Poetry: Column 488
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Here’s a poem by an Indiana poet, Shari Wagner, that has a delightful time describing the many sounds of running water. Creek-Song It begins in a cow lane with bees and white clover, courses along corn, rushes accelerando… Continue Reading „15. American Life in Poetry: Column 488“
8. American Life in Poetry: Column 487
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Who hasn’t wished he or she could talk to a carnival worker and find out what their lives are like? Everybody, perhaps, but the carnival workers. Here’s a poem by Mark Kraushaar of Wisconsin that captures one of… Continue Reading „8. American Life in Poetry: Column 487“
3. American Life in Poetry: Column 487
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Who hasn’t wished he or she could talk to a carnival worker and find out what their lives are like? Everybody, perhaps, but the carnival workers. Here’s a poem by Mark Kraushaar of Wisconsin that captures one of… Continue Reading „3. American Life in Poetry: Column 487“
94. American Life in Poetry: Column 486
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Poetry has room for everything and everybody, for every subject and object. Here’s a poem by Sharon Chmielarz, a Minnesota poet, on a subject I’ve never seen written about. And poetry, and American Life in Poetry in particular,… Continue Reading „94. American Life in Poetry: Column 486“
90. American Life in Poetry: Column 485
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE No ideas but in things, said one of my favorite poets, William Carlos Williams, and here’s a fine poem by Maryann Corbett of St. Paul, Minnesota, about turning up one small object loaded with meaning. Finding the Lego… Continue Reading „90. American Life in Poetry: Column 485“
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“
44. American Life in Poetry: Column 482
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Diane Gilliam Fisher, who lives in Ohio, has published a book called Kettle Bottom that portrays the hard life of the West Virginia coal camps. Here is just one of her evocative poems. Violet’s Wash You can’t have… Continue Reading „44. American Life in Poetry: Column 482“
9. American Life in Poetry: Column 481
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE One of the wonders of poetry is a good poet’s ability to compress a great deal of life into a few words. Here’s a life story told small, by Ivan Hobson, who lives in California. Our Neighbor: Every… Continue Reading „9. American Life in Poetry: Column 481“
97. American Life in Poetry: Column 480
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE I like the looks of trellises and arbors and those miniature barns that keep your bushel baskets of tools dry. Here’s a poem by Frank Osen, who lives in Pasadena, about a garden shelter that’s returning to the… Continue Reading „97. American Life in Poetry: Column 480“
84. American Life in Poetry: Column 479
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE The Impressionists, on both sides of the Atlantic, gave us a number of handsome paintings of rural scenes, and here’s a poem by the distinguished American poet, Catharine Savage Brosman, that offers us just such a picture, not… Continue Reading „84. American Life in Poetry: Column 479“
37. American Life in Poetry: Column 478
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Peter Everwine is a poet whose work I have admired for many years. Here is a poem about an experience many of us have shared. Everwine lives in California, but what happens in this poem happens every day… Continue Reading „37. American Life in Poetry: Column 478“
30. American Life in Poetry: Column 477
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE When a poem has a strong story to tell, the simplest and most direct language is often the best choice because the poet may not want literary effects to get in the way of the message. Here’s a… Continue Reading „30. American Life in Poetry: Column 477“
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