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ISBN-13: 9781556592010
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Publication date: 05/01/2004
Pages: 96
Sales rank: 133,554
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)

As Poet Laureate of the United States, Ted Kooser launched the weekly poetry column "American Life in Poetry," which appears in over 100 newspapers nationwide. He is the author of ten books of poems, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Delights & Shadows. He lives in Nebraska.

Brief Biography

Hometown:: Garland, Nebraska
Date of Birth:: 1939

Place of Birth:: Ames, Iowa

Education:: B.S., Iowa State University, 1962; M.A., University of Nebraska, 1968

I.	Walking on Tiptoe
	Walking on Tiptoe	5
	Tattoo	6
	At the Cancer Clinic	7
	Student	8
	Gyroscope	9
	New Cap	10
	Cosmetics Department	11
	Biker	12
	The Old People	13
	In January	14
	A Rainy Morning	15
	Mourners	16
	Skater	17
II.	The China Painters
	The China Painters	21
	Memory	22
	Ice Cave	24
	Mother	25
	A Jar of Buttons	27
	Dishwater	28
	Depression Glass	29
	Zenith	30
	The Necktie	31
	Applesauce	32
	Creamed Corn	34
	Flow Blue China	35
	Father	36
	Pearl	37
	Old Cemetery	41
	A Winter Morning	42
III.	Bank Fishing for Bluegills
	Bank Fishing for Bluegills	45
	Four Civil War Paintings by Winslow Homer	46
	Turkey Vultures	51
	Pegboard	52
	At the County Museum	53
	Casting Reels	55
	Horse	56
	Praying Hands	57
	Lobocraspis griseifusa	58
	Home Medical Dictionary	59
	In the Hall of Bones	60
	A Jacquard Shawl	61
	Telescope	62
	A Box of Pastels	63
	Old Lilacs	64
	Grasshoppers	65
	The Beaded Purse	66
IV.	That Was I
	That Was I	71
	Screech Owl	73
	A Spiral Notebook	74
	The Early Bird	75
	Starlight	76
	On the Road	77
	A Washing of Hands	78
	After Years	79
	Garage Sale	80
	Surviving	81
	A Glimpse of the Eternal	82
	Tectonics	83
	A Happy Birthday	84
	About the Author	87

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Publishers Weekly

Retired life insurance executive Ted Kooser is better known as the author of Sure Signs and nine other books of poems, as well as of the recent memoir Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemia Alps than for policies sold. Divided into four sections, these 59 poems take us from time "Walking on Tiptoe" and "At the Cancer Clinic" to "A Jar of Buttons," "A Box of Pastels" and "A Glimpse of the Eternal": "Just now,/ a sparrow lighted/ on a pine bough/ right outside/ my bedroom window/ and a puff/ of yellow pollen/ flew away." Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

"There are days when the fear of death/ is as ubiquitous as light. It illuminates/ everything." Kooser's world is indeed illuminated, though more by an awareness of mortality and the importance of every moment. Here it illuminates a ladybug beetle but elsewhere shirts and slacks, "a bank of threatening clouds/ that hang from a pipe between two ladders" at a yard sale, the small town set in an abandoned mini golf course or simply a quartz pebble he notices by the toe of his boot. "I held it to the light/ and could almost see through it/ into the grand explanation." Kooser's ninth collection of poems (e.g., Local Wonders) reflects the simple and remarkable things of everyday life. That he often sees things we do not would be delight enough, but more amazing is exactly what he sees. Nothing escapes him; everything is illuminated. There is much to celebrate in these small-town poems about small-town people and a reminder to all of us how America's voice and warm wisdom resonate from the middle. Highly recommended.-Louis McKee, Painted Bride Arts Ctr., Philadelphia Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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