Start your week with a motivational kick. Below us, some farmer, feeling the chill of that distant death,... more », First, I would have her be beautiful,and walking carefully up on my poetryat the loneliest moment of an afternoon,her hair still damp at the neck... more », Today, from a distance, I saw youwalking away, and without a soundthe glittering face of a glacierslid into the sea. Turtle has just one plan at a time, and every cell buys into it. a rusty tractor with a broken plow,

say he was not a farmer; the still-sealed jars

I highly recommend all and any of Ted Kooser's work to anyone who has the gift to understand and appreciate this man's wonderful way with words. An ancient oak... more », Just past dawn, the sun standswith its heavy red headin a black stanchion of trees,waiting for someone to come... more », I thought I wanted to die in that place.

Kooser’s numerous poetry collections included the Pulitzer Prize-winning Delights & Shadows (2004).

So even then, it happens. As a writer myself, this poem deeply and truly speaks to me, as well as many of my peers, in an almost indescribable fashion. The poem is the device through which the ordinary world is seen in a new way – engaging, compelling, even beautiful. By Ted Kooser A few words can evoke such strong images, feelings. Email Address. Don't miss out on our next weekly batch. Each hour’s a gift to those who take it up.”. And the winters cold, say the rags in the window frames. I have known a lot of old men and women who talked as if they were paying Western Union by the word.”, “Turtle has just one plan at a time, and every cell buys into it.”, “There’s nothing wrong with delighting in what you do. The intense yet simplistic ways in which Kooser captures his subjects leaves me absolutely speechless with wonder at how one person can be supplied with such an immense amount of talent. ... A Happy Birthday by Ted Kooser. covered with oilcloth, and they had a child, Something went wrong, they say. And the child? says the Bible with a broken back He is up there with the other greats.

cluttered with boulders and the leaky barn. The intense yet simplistic ways in which Kooser captures his subjects leaves me absolutely speechless with wonder at how one person can be supplied with such an immense amount of talent.
Poet Laureate 2004-2006). Last poem - today.
but not a man for farming, say the fields says the sandbox made from a tractor tire. More Ted Kooser > sign up for poem-a-day Receive a new poem in your inbox daily.


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