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Violet’s Wash, poem by Diane Gilliam Fisher |Ted Kooser
Diane Gilliam Fisher has published a book called Kettle Bottom that portrays the hard life of the West…
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One Light to Another, poem by Jonathan Greene | Ted Kooser
Jonathan Greene is a master of the short poem, but while he prunes them down to their essentials…
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Creek-Song by Shari Wagner | Ted Kooser
Here’s a poem by an Indiana poet, Shari Wagner, that has a delightful time describing the many sounds…
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The Ring Toss Lady Breaks a Five, poem by Mark Kraushaar | Ted Kooser
Who hasn’t wished he or she could talk to a carnival worker and find out what their lives…
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Finding the Lego by Maryann Corbett | Ted Kooser
No ideas but in things, said one of my favorite poets, William Carlos Williams, and here’s a fine…
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Sparklers by Barbara Crooker | Ted Kooser
I’m especially fond of sparklers because they were among the very few fireworks we could obtain in Iowa…
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On the Way to the Airport, by Donna Spector | Ted Kooser
Parents and children. Sometimes it seems that’s all there is to life. In this poem Donna Spector gives…
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Sixth Grade, by Jeanie Greensfelder | Ted Kooser
When a poem has a strong story to tell, the simplest and most direct language is often the…
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First Morel, by Amy Fleury | Ted Kooser
Let’s celebrate the first warm days of spring with a poem for mushroom hunters, this one by Amy…
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This Morning I Could Do A Thousand Things, by Robert Hedin | Ted Kooser
I was born in April and have never agreed with T.S. Eliot that it is “the cruellest month.”…
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After Filing for Divorce by Chelsea Rathburn | Ted Kooser
Love poems written in the sonnet form, all hearts and flowers, are a dime a dozen, so it’s…
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Ablution By Amy Fleury | Ted Kooser
Here’s another lovely poem to honor the caregivers among us. Amy Fleury lives and teaches in Louisiana.
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I Ask My Mother to Sing, poem by Li-Young Lee | Ted Kooser
Li-Young Lee is an important American poet of Chinese parentage who lives in Chicago. Much of his poetry…