Great Regulars: Perhaps by the time this column appears,

our economy will have improved and people who want to work can find good work. Minnie Bruce Pratt, who lives in Syracuse, N.Y., has a new book, mentioned below, in which there are a number of poems about the difficulties of finding work and holding on to it. Here's an example:

Temporary Job

from Ted Kooser: American Life in Poetry: Column 389

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