Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Great Regulars: Lots of contemporary poems are anecdotal,

a brief narration of some event, and what can make them rise above anecdote is when they manage to convey significance, often as the poem closes. Here is an example of one like that, by Marie Sheppard Williams, who lives in Minneapolis.

Everybody

from Ted Kooser: American Life in Poetry: Column 243

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