Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Great Regulars: So This is Nebraska

by Ted Kooser

The gravel road rides with a slow gallop

from Ted Kooser: Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: So This is Nebraska by Ted Kooser

~~~~~~~~~~~

Lots of contemporary poems are merely little personal anecdotes set into lines, but I prefer my anecdotes to have an overlay of magic. Here's just such a poem by Shawn Pittard, who lives in California.

The Silver Fish

from Ted Kooser: American Life in Poetry: Column 380

~~~~~~~~~~~

No comments :