Schlagwort: Terri Kirby Erickson

American Life in Poetry: Column 530

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Poets often do their best work when they’re telling us about something they’ve seen without stepping into the poem and talking about themselves. Here’s a lovely poem of observation by Terri Kirby Erickson, who lives in North Carolina.… Continue Reading „American Life in Poetry: Column 530“

90. American Life in Poetry: Column 408

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Here’s a lovely poem for the caregivers among us, by Terri Kirby Erickson, who lives in North Carolina. Sponge Bath Draped in towels, my grandmother sits in a hard-backed chair, a white bowl of soapy water on the… Continue Reading „90. American Life in Poetry: Column 408“