Just as a dancer, turning and turning, may fill the dusty light with the soft swirl of her flying skirts, our weeping willow -- now old and broken , creaking in the breeze -- turns slowly, slowly in the winter sun, sweeping the rusty roof of the barn with the pale blue lacework of her shadow.
Sometimes you sense how faithfully your life is delivered, even though you can't read the address. - Ted Kooser
Sometimes you sense how faithfully your life is delivered, even though you can't read the address.
- Ted Kooser
Valentine's Day is the poet's holiday. - Ted Kooser
Valentine's Day is the poet's holiday.
There's nothing wrong with delighting in what you do. In fact, most of the fun you'll have as a poet will come about during the process of writing. - Ted Kooser
There's nothing wrong with delighting in what you do. In fact, most of the fun you'll have as a poet will come about during the process of writing.
All night, this soft rain from The distant past. No wonder I sometimes Waken as a child. - Ted Kooser
All night, this soft rain from The distant past. No wonder I sometimes Waken as a child.
The poem is the device through which the ordinary world is seen in a new way - engaging, compelling, even beautiful. - Ted Kooser
The poem is the device through which the ordinary world is seen in a new way - engaging, compelling, even beautiful.
Keeping a journal is like taking good care of one’s heart. - Ted Kooser
Keeping a journal is like taking good care of one’s heart.
I like the poem on the page and not at the podium. I like to address the poem in peace and quiet, not on the edge of a folding chair with a full blad… - Ted Kooser
I like the poem on the page and not at the podium. I like to address the poem in peace and quiet, not on the edge of a folding chair with a full blad…
This evening, I sat by an open window and read till the light was gone and the book was no more than a part of the darkness. - Ted Kooser
This evening, I sat by an open window and read till the light was gone and the book was no more than a part of the darkness.
I like the idea of there being times when even words cost so much you used them sparingly. I have known a lot of old men and women who talked as if t… - Ted Kooser
I like the idea of there being times when even words cost so much you used them sparingly. I have known a lot of old men and women who talked as if t…
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