If you can find two poems in a book, it could be a pretty good book for you. You know, two poems you really like. There are some poets who are fairly big names in contemporary poetry and who write a book and I might like three or four poems in the book, but the rest of them don't appeal to me personally; but I think that's the way it really ought to be. I think it's really a rare thing to like everything that somebody has written.
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.
- Ted Kooser
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.
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.
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.
In my work, I really try to look at ordinary things quite closely to see if there isn't a little bit of something special about them. I'm trying to m… - Ted Kooser
In my work, I really try to look at ordinary things quite closely to see if there isn't a little bit of something special about them. I'm trying to m…
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…
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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