Tag: U.S. poet laureate Ted Kooser
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“Prayer for Joy”: a poem by Stuart Kestenbaum via American Life in Poetry
American Life in Poetry: Column 505 BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Stuart Kestenbaum is a Maine poet with a new book, Only Now, from Deerbrook Editions. In it are a number of thoughtful poems posed as prayers, and here’s an example: Prayer for Joy What was it we wanted to say anyhow, like today […]
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Ted Kooser’s “American Life in Poetry”: Column 471
American Life in Poetry: Column 471 BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE (2004-2006) Despite having once been bitten by a rabid bat, and survived, much to the disappointment of my critics, I find bats fascinating, and Peggy Shumaker of Alaska has written a fine poem about them. I am especially fond of her perfect […]
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Ted Kooser’s “American Life in Poetry” Column 470
American Life in Poetry: Column 470 BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE 2004-2006 Considering that I’m a dog lover, I haven’t included nearly enough dog poems in this column. My own dog, Howard, now in his dotage, has never learned a trick of any kind, nor learned to behave, so I admire Karla Huston […]
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Ted Kooser’s “American Life in Poetry”: Column 469
American Life in Poetry: Column 469 BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE The love between parents can be wonderful and mysterious to their children. Robert Hedin, a Minnesota poet and the director of The Anderson Center at Tower View in Red Wing, does a fine job of capturing some of that wonder in this short […]
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A Weekly Poetry Column: Ted Kooser’s “American Life in Poetry”
(U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser’s poetry column, American Life in Poetry, will appear regularly at The Afternoon Journal.– JK) ****************************** American Life in Poetry: Column 468 BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Here’s another lovely poem to honor the caregivers among us. Amy Fleury lives and teaches in Louisiana. Ablution Because one must be naked […]
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U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser’s Weekly Poetry Column
American Life in Poetry: Column 425 BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE If we haven’t done it ourselves, we’ve known people who have, it seems: taken a vacation mostly to photograph a vacation, not really looking at what’s there, but seeing everything through the viewfinder with the idea of looking at it when they get […]
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