Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Great Regulars: South Dakota poet Leo Dangel has

written some of the best and truest poems about rural life that I'm aware of. Here's a fine one about a chance discovery.

Behind the Plow

from Ted Kooser: American Life in Poetry: Column 337

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We all hope our children's lives will be better than our own, and invest in that hope in a variety of ways. Here Michael Ryan of California compares what we can provide for them with what we can't.

Girls' Middle School Orchestra

from Ted Kooser: American Life in Poetry: Column 338

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