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Born in April 25, 1939 / United States / English

Poems by Ted Kooser

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A Letter in October

... And I, who only wished to keep looking out,  ...

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The China Painters

...   and have gone in fashion and with grace  ...

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Denial by Patricia Frolander : American Life in Poetry #275 Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate 2004-2006

... e who are introduced in this poem by Patricia Frolander, of Sundance, Wyoming, and perhaps you&rsquo ...

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Banana Trees by Joseph Stanton: American Life in Poetry #119 Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate 2004-200

... served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006 ...

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Peacock Display by David Wagoner: American Life in Poetry #11 Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate 2004-20

... served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006 ...

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How Is It That the Snow by Robert Haight: American Life in Poetry #193 Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laurea

... served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006 ...

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A Blind Woman

... It ran down into the neck of her sweatshirt ...

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Marry Me by Veronica Patterson: American Life in Poetry #172 Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate 2004-200

... served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006 ...

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For the Tattooed Man by Sharmila Voorakkara: American Life in Poetry #167 Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laur

... served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006 ...

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Neighbors by David Allen Evans: American Life in Poetry #1 Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate 2004-2006

... served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006 ...

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Christmas Mail

... the plaintive bleating of sheep, ...

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Daddy Longlegs

... of walking alone across the floor of my life ...

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Marginalia by Deborah Warren : American Life in Poetry #219 Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate 2004-2006

... ng beautiful about books allowing us to talk to who we once were, and this poem captures this beauty ...

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At the Grave by Jonathan Greene: American Life in Poetry #2 Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate 2004-2006

... served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006 ...

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My Mother’s Pillow by Cecilia Woloch : American Life in Poetry #228 Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laur

... form, a villanelle, which uses a pattern of repetition, adds to the enchantment I feel in reading it ...