toward what you would rather be doing than earning a living, and in America this usually means Being An Artist. This is the true American dream. Winning the lottery is a faint hope, becoming a sports hero is a daydream, but publishing poetry is the ambition of one-third of the American people and another third are thinking about writing a memoir.from Garrison Keillor: Chicago Tribune: Spring reminds that we'd rather be artists
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Fiction
by Mark Strand
I think of the innocent lives
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Fiction by Mark Strand
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Meditation on Ruin
by Jay Hopler
It's not the lost lover that brings us to ruin, or the barroom brawl,
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Meditation on Ruin by Jay Hopler
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No Matter How Far You Drive
by Louis Jenkins
I sat between Mamma and Daddy.
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: No Matter How Far You Drive by Louis Jenkins
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Suddenly
by Louis Simpson
The truck came at me,
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Suddenly by Louis Simpson
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Teaching Poetry to 3rd Graders
by Gary Short
At recess a boy ran to me
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Teaching Poetry to 3rd Graders by Gary Short
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When Somebody Calls after Ten P.M
by Bruce Dethlefsen
Suicide Aside
by Bruce Dethlefsen
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: When Somebody Calls after Ten P.M by Bruce Dethlefsen
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Why We Speak English
by Lynn Pedersen
Because when you say cup and spoon
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Why We Speak English by Lynn Pedersen
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