Poet laureate

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111American literature / Literature / Year of birth missing / Martin Walls / Ted Kooser

American Life in Poetry: Column 024 BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE In this poem by New York poet Martin Walls, a common insect is described and made vivid for us through a number of fresh and engaging comparisons. Thu

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Language: English - Date: 2009-07-15 11:01:49
112American literature / Poetry / Literature / Ted Kooser / Poetry Foundation / Poet Laureate

American Life in Poetry: Column 500 BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, [removed]This is our 500th weekly column, and we want to thank the newspapers who publish us, the poets who are so generous with their work, our spo

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Language: English - Date: 2014-09-09 12:31:27
113American literature / Literature / Ted Kooser / Poetry Foundation / Poet Laureate

American Life in Poetry: Column 494 BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, [removed]I’d  guess  that  a  number  of  our  readers  have  had  MRIs.    One  of  my  neighbors,  a  gravel  hauler  in   r

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Language: English - Date: 2014-05-20 12:27:36
114Poetry / American literature / British poetry / Australian performance poetry / Wesley McNair / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow / Literature

The Remarks of Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair from The Blaine House, Augusta, [removed]In normal times, a newly appointed Poet Laureate would stand up here at the podium, read some poetry, and call it a day. But the

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Source URL: mainearts.maine.gov

Language: English - Date: 2011-05-04 12:40:03
115American literature / Diane Gilliam Fisher / Ted Kooser / Poet Laureate / Appalachian studies / American studies / Kettle Bottom

American Life in Poetry: Column 482 BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, [removed]Diane Gilliam Fisher, who lives in Ohio, has published a book called Kettle Bottom that portrays the hard life of the West Virginia coal ca

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Language: English - Date: 2014-03-20 10:48:19
116Press 53 / Poetry / American literature / Literature / Ted Kooser / Poetry Foundation / Poet Laureate

American Life in Poetry: Column 408 BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, [removed]Here’s a lovely poem for the caregivers among us, by Terri Kirby Erickson, who lives in North Carolina.

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Language: English - Date: 2012-11-12 16:17:37
117Poetry / Literature / American literature / Ted Kooser / Poet Laureate / Poetry Foundation

American Life in Poetry: Column 413 BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, [removed]Every day, hundreds of thousands of us are preoccupied with keeping up a civil if not loving relationship with our parents. In this poem, M

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Language: English - Date: 2013-02-19 15:18:04
118American literature / Ted Kooser / Poetry / Literature

American Life in Poetry: Column 461 BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, [removed]So much of what we learn about life comes from exchanging stories, and this poem by a Californian, Peter Everwine, portrays that kind of te

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Language: English - Date: 2014-01-31 12:22:52
119Literature / American literature / Ted Kooser / Poet Laureate / Poetry

American Life in Poetry: Column 465 BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, [removed]One of the founders of modernist poetry, Ezra Pound, advised poets and artists to “make it new.” I’ve never before seen a poem about

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Language: English - Date: 2014-01-08 12:04:48
120American literature / Literature / Ted Kooser / Poet Laureate / Poetry

American Life in Poetry: Column 423 BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, [removed]If you had to divide your favorite things between yourself and somebody else, what would you keep? Patricia Clark, a Michigan poet, has it

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Language: English - Date: 2013-03-08 15:36:59
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